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Reviewed on May 15, 2003
De Vries, a linguist, writer, teacher, and native of Belgium, has contributed a readable volume to the "Cities of the Imagination" series, which already covers such locations as Buenos Aires, Rome, Havana, and Calcutta. Each chapter centers on a different area of the city, and the author weaves the history of Brussels into the story, hopscotching between the past and the present. This cosmopolitan city has been home to exiles (Victor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More