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Amsterdam (novel)

Amsterdam is a 1998 novel by British writer Ian McEwan, for which he was awarded the 1998 Booker Prize.

Summary

Amsterdam is the story of a euthanasia pact between two friends, a composer and a newspaper editor, whose relationship spins into disaster.

Plot

The book begins with the funeral of artist Molly Lane. Guests at the funeral include British Foreign Secretary Julian Garmony, newspaper editor Vernon Halliday, and composer Clive Linley. The three share certain attributes: each has a very high opinion of himself, each was at some time Molly's lover, and each regards the dead woman's husband, George, with a mixture of amusement and contempt.

Clive and Vernon muse upon Molly's death. It seems she had some kind of rapid-onset brain disease (not specified) that left her helpless and mad. Neither man can understand her attraction to Julian Garmony, the right-wing Foreign Secretary who is about to challenge his party's leadership.

Clive returns home to continue work on a symphony he has been commissioned to write for the forthcoming millennium. Much of the work is complete, save the crucial signature melody. He resolves to go walking in the Lake District, as this tends to inspire him.

Amsterdam (Jacques Brel song)

"Amsterdam" is a song by Jacques Brel. It combines a powerful melancholic crescendo with a rich poetic account of the exploits of sailors on shore leave in Amsterdam.

Brel never recorded this for a studio album, and his only version was released on the live album Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964. Despite this, it has been one of his most enduringly popular works. It was one of the songs Mort Shuman translated into English for the Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris musical.

Brel worked on the song at his house overlooking the Mediterranean at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, the house he shared with Sylvie Rivet, a publicist for Philips; a place she had introduced him to in 1960. "It was the ideal place for him to create, and to indulge his passion for boats and planes. One morning at six o'clock he read the words of Amsterdam to Fernand, a restaurateur who was about to set off fishing for scorpion fish and conger eels for the bouillabaisse. Overcome, Fernand broke out in sobs and cut open some sea urchins to help control his emotion."

Amsterdam (disambiguation)

Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Amsterdam may also refer to:

Places

United States

  • Amsterdam, California, a community
  • Amsterdam, Missouri, a city in Missouri, United States
  • Amsterdam, New Jersey, an unincorporated community
  • Amsterdam (town), New York, a town
  • Amsterdam (city), New York, a city within the town
  • Amsterdam (Amtrak station), a train station in Amsterdam (city), New York, United States
  • Amsterdam, Ohio, a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States
  • Amsterdam, Licking County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
  • Amsterdam, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
  • Amsterdam, Texas, a rural area in Texas, United States
  • Amsterdam, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
  • Amsterdam Avenue (Manhattan), a street in New York City
  • Amsterdam-Churchill, Montana, a small rural town near Bozeman
  • Other places

  • Amsterdam, Mpumalanga, a town in Mpumalanga, South Africa
  • Amsterdam, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada
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    RTV Oost Alles Plat Varied Netherlands
    Maasland FM Varied Netherlands
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    Concertzender Oude Muziek Classical Netherlands
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