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The UnDutchables (8th Ed., English)
author:
Colin White & Laurie Boucke
isbn:
978-1-888580-48-8
pages:
312, illustrated
pub year:
2017
price:
US$16.00
A
hilarious
yet
profound
and
revealing
look
at
the
Dutch,
their
customs
and
their
mentality.
This
exquisite
satire
explores
the
most
diverse
aspects
of
daily
Dutch
life,
from
coffee
to
child
rearing,
from
train
travel
to
the
toilet.Learn
why
the
Dutch
believe,
"It
is
better
to
debate
a
question
without
settling
it
than
to
settle
a
question
without
debating
it,"
and
why
it's
so
hard
to
learn
the
Dutch
language:
"The
more
you
try
to
learn
Dutch,
the
more
the
Dutch
refuse
to
speak Dutch to you and the more they complain that you haven't learned it.”
Other
topics
include
Dutch
moralizing
&
criticizing,
cozy
Dutch
homes,
flowers
&
plants,
money
&
thriftiness,
work
ethics,
welfare,
commercial
cunning,
telephone
habits,
the
national
passion,
rules
for
shopping,
driving,
Dutch
customs,
bikes,
language, gay community, food, sex, drugs, phobias, the Dutch abroad and the 1995 flood disaster.
This
book
is
a
must
for
anyone
with
Dutch
connections
and
who
enjoys
wit
and
humor.
A
perennial
bestseller
in
Europe,
and an increasingly popular book in North America.