Amsterdam Stories
Amsterdam Stories by Nescio, published by New York Review of Books on March 20, 2012, is a collection of short stories that explores the complexities of youth through a lens of vivid imagery and emotional depth. This edition, available in English, spans 176 pages and captures the essence of Amsterdam’s canals and the broader landscape of the Netherlands, reflecting on themes of ambition, longing, and the bittersweet nature of growing up.
Readers will find that Nescio writes with a unique clarity, delving into the experiences of youth marked by both exuberance and vulnerability. The stories present a rich tapestry of feelings, from the excitement of big dreams to the challenges of reality, all while painting a portrait of the author’s surroundings. This first English translation brings forth Nescio’s original voice, inviting readers to engage with the literary and coming-of-age aspects of his work.
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No one has written more feelingly and more beautifully than Nescio about the madness and sadness, courage and vulnerability of youth: its big plans and vague longings, not to mention the binges, crashes, and marathon walks and talks. No one, for that matter, has written with such pristine clarity about the radiating canals of Amsterdam and the cloud-swept landscape of the Netherlands.
Who was Nescio? Nescio—Latin for “I don’t know”—was the pen name of J.H.F. Grönloh, the highly successful director of the Holland–Bombay Trading Company and a father of four—someone who knew more than enough about respectable maturity. Only in his spare time and under the cover of a pseudonym, as if commemorating a lost self, did he let himself go, producing over the course of his lifetime a handful of utterly original stories that contain some of the most luminous pages in modern literature.
This is the first English translation of Nescio’s stories.
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