Amsterdam
Subtitle: a traveler's literary companion
By: edited by Manfred Wolf.
Contributors: Wolf, Manfred, 1935-
Series: Traveler's literary companion
Publisher: Whereabouts Press; Distributed to the trade by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
Published: 2001
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Dutch fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English.; Short stories, Dutch -- Translations into English.; Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Literary collections.
Genres: Translations into English.; Literary collections.
Table of contents: title: City and people. Amsterdam / Cees Nooteboom; title: Sunday morning / J.J. Voskuil; title: Chickens / Simon Carmiggelt ; Canals. The three galleries / J. Bernlef; title: Cafe Walem / Martin Bril; title: Soft landings / Remco Campert ; Jordaan. A pounding heart / Marion Bloem ; Red-light district. Living in the red-light district / Maarten 't Hart ; Centraal Station and beyond. Rambling around Centraal Station / Geert Mak; title: Staring out the rear window / Hermine Landvreugd ; Gay Amsterdam. The light at the end of the tunnel / Gerrit Komrij; title: Flesh and blood / Bas Heijne ; Jewish Amsterdam. Business / Lizzy Sara May; title: The decline and fall of the Boslowits family / Gerard Reve; title: The return / Marga Minco ; South. The assault / Harry Mulisch ; Vondelpark. Apolline / Hafid Bouazza.