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Amsterdam tales / stories translated by Paul Vincent ; edited by Helen Constantine.

Title
Amsterdam tales / stories translated by Paul Vincent ; edited by Helen Constantine.
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

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Additional Authors
  • Vincent, Paul (Paul F.)
  • Constantine, Helen
Description
191 pages : illustrations, map; 20 cm
Summary
"Paul Vincent presents a compelling collection of prose fiction, memoirs, and anecdotes centering on Amsterdam from the seventeenth century to the twenty-first century, which gives unique insight into the history and culture of the city. The tales within range from Rembrandt to the Jewish persecution in World War 2, from barricades in a working-class district during the Depression to a writer's unhealthy obsession with a massage parlour. These eighteen newly translated works give the reader, and the traveller, a tantalising glimpse of the Amsterdam that lies beyond the tourist guidebooks."--Publisher description.
Subject
  • Dutch literature > Translations into English
  • Amsterdam (Netherlands) > Fiction
Genre/Form
  • Translations
  • Short stories.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Vondel in hiding / Gerard Brandt -- Rembrandt catches a pupil red-handed / Arnold Houbraken -- Spinoza is banned from the Jewish community / J. Colerus -- Peter the Great as a ship's carpenter / J.C. Nomen -- An opponent inveighs against the tram / W. Otto -- Amstel / Herman Heijermans -- The black cat / Jacob Israël de Haan -- Barricades in the Jordaan / Anonymous -- Amsterdam 1945-1946 / Frans Pointl -- Itchy feet / Simon Carmiggelt -- Single to Amsterdam / Remco Campert -- Letter to my grandson / Abel J. Herzberg -- Goldfish / Anton Valens -- Who's afraid of Allah Akbar? / Pieter Olde Rikkert -- He directs the traffic / Sanneke van Hassel -- Massage parlour, Thomas Heerma van Voss -- A stroke of luck / Margriet de Moor -- Pain in the spleen / Robert Anker.
ISBN
  • 0198806493
  • 9780198806493
OCLC
971598863
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library