Going to Germany/Amsterdam this summer, any great novels set in either place?
Going to Germany/Amsterdam this summer, any great novels set in either place?
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Going to Germany/Amsterdam this summer, any great novels set in either place?
Anne Frank’s Diary. I read it before visiting and then toured the attic where she hid with her family. Poignant.
The Book Thief
Here are two novels about Rembrandt:
The Anatomy Lesson by Nina Siegel and Rembrandt’s Whore by Sylvie Matton;
Here are two novels about Van Gogh:
Lust for Life by Irving Stone and Sunflowers by Sherman Bundrick;
Here’s a very interesting & readable nonfiction about the rise of the tulip trade: Tulipomania by Mike Dash.
Enjoy your trip!!!
I’ve just started The German Girl, Ww2 in Germany, and a book partially set in Holland is The Good Pilot Peter Underwood.
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood (which was also the inspiration for the music Cabaret!)
https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Pearl-Earring-Tracy-Chevalier/dp/0452282152
Yes! I forgot about this one. Excellent choice. Then go to the museums.
The painting is at the Maritshuis at The Hague a train ride from Amsterdam but the book gives a good look at Dutch life.
The Goldfinch by D. Tartt and Purity by J. Franzen……………All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Words in My Hand by Guinevere Glasfurd – brilliant book set in Amsterdam – the houses she mentions are still there too!
If you’d like some non fiction too I highly recommend Amsterdam by Russell Shorto.
En veel plezier in Nederland ?
The Miniaturist by Jesse Burton. Very Dutch!
Book Thief
The Berlin Boxing Club was very good.