Book description
Gregory Shapiro – the American Netherlander – brings you a must-have alternative to the Dutch assimilation course. What is the true Dutch identity? Shapiro shares his hilariously clumsy assimilation into Dutch culture and blasts some well-known stereotypes along the way. The book includes questions from the real Dutch Assimilation Exam,…
Why read it?
1 author picked How to be Orange as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a guidebook on Dutch culture written by a long-time American resident of the Netherlands.
It is a quirky, funny book that, unlike many books that attempt to describe another culture, makes explicit the personal bias of the author.
This is clearly Greg Shapiro’s take on the Dutch, and his keen eye and sense of humour make this a great read for short- and long-term visitors.
I’ve married into the Dutch culture and chuckled my way through the book.
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