The Drowning Room
A 17th Century Dutch prostitute's success story in the New World. She is Gretje Reyniers, an orphan forced into prostitution by a series of unlucky events. She meets a sailor and together they sail to America where Gretje's skills in giving pleasure, combined with her sense of humor, turn her into one of the wealthiest and most colorful figures in the New Amsterdam colony. Part history, part love story. By the author of Maximum City: The Biography of New York.
252 pages, 5 editions
English edition · First published 1995 by Granta Books · ISBN 9780140141207
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Editions
5 editions
English
- The Drowning Room · Granta Books · 1995 · ISBN 9780140141207 This page
- The Drowning Room · Granta · 1998 · ISBN 9781862071315
- The Drowning Room · Penguin Books · 1997 · ISBN 9780140141498
- The Drowning Room · Granta Books · 1996 · ISBN 9780140141221
- The Drowning Room · Granta Books in association with Viking · 1995 · ISBN 9780670865987
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