Paul Vincent

Amsterdam Tales

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Produktbeschreibung

Paul Vincent presents a compelling collection of prose fiction, memoirs, and anecdotes centering on Amsterdam. Eighteen newly translated works give the reader, and the traveller, a glimpse of the Amsterdam that lies beyond the tourist guidebooks, spanning five centuries of history and culture and illuminating the city anew.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 126mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 239g
• ISBN-13: 9780198806493
• ISBN-10: 0198806493
• Artikelnr.: 47868337

Autorenporträt

Paul Vincent studied Modern Languages at Cambridge University and Dutch at Amsterdam. From 1967 to 1989 he was Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, in Dutch, first at Bedford College and afterwards at University College London. Since 1989 he has worked as a freelance translator.

Inhaltsangabe

Vondel in Hiding
Rembrandt Catches a Pupil Red-Handed
Spinoza is Banned from the Jewish Community
Peter the Great as a Ship's Carpenter
An Opponent inveighs against the Tram
Amstel
The Black Cat
Barricades in the Jordaan
Amsterdam 1945-1946
Itchy Feet
Single to Amsterdam
Letter to my Grandson
Goldfish
Who's Afraid of Allah Akbar?
He Directs the Traffic
Massage Parlour
A Stroke of Luck
Pain in the Spleen