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.
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.
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.
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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
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
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