Amsterdam Stories

Nescio, Damion Searls, Joseph O'Neill , Joseph O'Neill

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NYRB Classics
15 May 2012

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories; Fiction in translation

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. Gr nloh, 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.

By: Nescio
Introduction by: Joseph O'Neill, Joseph O'Neill
Translated by: Damion Searls
Imprint: NYRB Classics
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 180g
ISBN: 9781590174920
ISBN 10: 1590174925
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 15 May 2012
Recommended Age: From 3 To 7
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

NESCIO (1882-1961) was the pseudonym of Jan Hendrik Frederik Gronloh. His reputation as one of most important modern Dutch writers was only established after his death. Damion Searls is the author of Everything You Say Is True, a travelogue, and What We Were Doing and Where We Were Going: Stories. Joseph O'Neill was born in Cork, Ireland. He writes regularly for The Atlantic Monthly and his works include the novels This Is the Life, The Breezes and Netherland, winner of the PEN/Faukner Award for Fiction, and the nonfiction book Blood-Dark Track: A Family History. He ives with his family in New York City.

Reviews for Amsterdam Stories

Today his book's very incompleteness makes it seem whole, and his ambiguity about the 'life of the mind' all the more poignant. London Review of Books 'Today his book's very incompleteness makes it seem whole, and his ambiguity about 'the life of the mind' all the more poignant.' London Review of Books This collection of short stories, with repeat characters, explores the condition of the young male of this period, his hopes and dreams, with a psychological intensity that feels surprisingly fresh and contemporary. Scottish Sunday Herald Earnest fans of Samuel Beckett with a fair knowledge of the topography and street-names of Amsterdam could love this book with a passion. Sunday Times