In Praise of Navigation: Twentieth Century Stories from the Dutch - Softcover

P.C. Evans; Paul Vincent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854114166 ISBN 13: 9781854114167

Publisher: Seren, 2007

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

Synopsis:

From the West Indies to Shanghai, this collection of contemporary short stories opens up a new world of Dutch writing to English language readers. Subjects range from poetry to paranoia, power and desire as the reader is taken on a voyage around the globe, or focussed on a claustrophobic homeland. The variety of style, subject and thinking among authors from a small country may surprise, until we remind ourselves that Holland has been both a crossroads in Europe and an imperial power. This is an intense, powerful collection which sets the internal world of individuals against backgrounds such as the politics of post-Cold War Europe, and colonial, seafaring traditions. "In Praise of Navigation" provides an overarching view of twentieth century Dutch writing in a field where many outstanding writers are poorly represented in translation and deserve a wider audience. It is a companion volume to "In a Different Light" - a collection of contemporary Dutch-language poets in translation, published by Seren in 2002.

About the Author:

P. C. Evans is a poet and a translator of Dutch plays, two of which have been staged by Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic Threatre in London. Paul Vincent is the translator of more than a dozen works of Dutch fiction.

About this edition

• Publisher: Seren
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1854114166
• ISBN 13: 9781854114167
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180