The unique Amsterdam city-break guide - for the real flavour of Amsterdam
From Ian McEwan, Simon Schama and Deborah Moggach to Cees Nooteboom, Harry Mulisch and John Irving and over sixty other exciting writers, including the cream of translated Dutch writing and new voices. city-pick Amsterdam is co-edited by well-known Dutch writer and journalist Victor Schiferli, with an introduction by award-winning translator Sam Garrett.
The opening of the London-Amsterdam fast rail line now makes this beautiful and fascinating city as accessible as Paris for everyone travelling from the UK.
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\"city-lit books are a new kind of travel guide, showing a city through the eyes of writers new and old … (they) look set to be one of the most refreshing travel guides for a long time\"
Mike Gerrard, bestselling travel writer.
\"A breath of fresh air … each volume offers what it says on the tin: city-lit - perfect gems of city writing\" - Mslexia.
\"When is a travel guide not a travel guide? When it's a city-lit guide - supremely readable and full of wonderful holiday ideas for your next city break .. These slim volumes are easy to read and offer perfect holiday inspiration, even for those who have visited these cities many times before\" - travelbite.co.uk.
\"The perfect books for the armchair traveller as well as those of you visiting cities around the globe\" - Lovereading.
ISBN: 9780955970023
Author: REYES HEATHER & SCHIFERLI VICTOR
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20/09/2010
RRP: $19.99
Pages: 200
Dimension: 198mm X 127mm
Imprint: Oxygen Books