Amsterdam: A Traveler's Literary CompanionTravel to one of the most dynamic cities in the world in the company of its finest writers. The stories in this volume will take you on a personal odyssey through the city's rich past to its dynamic present. Arranged by the areas of Amsterdam they illuminate, these stories offer up a rich literary banquet to the traveler who wishes to experience the character and soul of this great city. Join better-known Dutch writers such as Harry Mulisch and Cees Nooteboom, along with those whose writing appears in English here for the first time, as they lead you along the canals, through the neighborhoods, and from the past to the present in this rare collection of twentieth-century Dutch literature. Contributors include Cees Nooteboom, J.J. Voskuil, Simon Carmiggelt, J. Bernlef, Martin Bril, Remco Campert, Marion Bloem, Maarten 't Hart, Geert Mak, Hermine Landvreugd, Gerrit Komrij, Bas Heijne, Lizzy Sara May, Gerard Reve, Marga Minco, Harry Mulisch, and Hafid Bouazza. |
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The object of his walk through town on this gray , damp afternoon was simply a walk . Nothing could be simpler , except that he had to choose his route carefully , because the town was strewn with bars , against whose attraction he had ...
The object of his walk through town on this gray , damp afternoon was simply a walk . Nothing could be simpler , except that he had to choose his route carefully , because the town was strewn with bars , against whose attraction he had ...
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My sister and I , typical small - town girls , worshiped by neighbors and teachers alike because we were the only colored folk in a white town , were good . We did our homework conscientiously and were the best students in our class .
My sister and I , typical small - town girls , worshiped by neighbors and teachers alike because we were the only colored folk in a white town , were good . We did our homework conscientiously and were the best students in our class .
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Then they would ask about the other relatives from the town . Again he shook his head . “ Do you still live on the Singel ? " He told them he no longer lived in town , but in D. , where they were quite comfortable .
Then they would ask about the other relatives from the town . Again he shook his head . “ Do you still live on the Singel ? " He told them he no longer lived in town , but in D. , where they were quite comfortable .
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J J Voskuil Sunday Morning | 9 |
Martin Bril Café Walem | 40 |
JORDAAN | 80 |
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Amsterdam: A Traveler's Literary Companion Volumen7 de Traveler's literary companion |
| Editor | Manfred Wolf |
| Edición | ilustrada |
| Editor | Whereabouts Press, 2001 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 25 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 188351309X, 9781883513092 |
| Largo | 238 páginas |
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