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Univ of Massachusetts Pr (1990), Edition: Reprint, 272 pages
Description
Classic Literature. Fiction. HTML: In The Hidden Force, Dutch writer Louis Couperus presents a prescient critique of European colonialism that was decades ahead of its time. The novel follows Dutch expat Van Oudyck in his life in Java, as he comes to grips with the damage wrought by Western incursions into foreign cultures, not only on a grand scale, but also within his own family..
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LibraryThing member arubabookwoman
This novel is about a Dutch government official and his family in the colonial Dutch East Indies in the early 1900's. He has four children by his first wife, a native woman, the eldest of whom is having an affair with his current wife. The official turns a blind eye to this and to the other
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dalliances of his wife. He rigidly tries to rule his domain with reason and logic, and scorns the mysticism of the natives, leading ultimately to tragedy. This is an interesting character study set in a far-away time and place, but the book never drew me in. Show Less
LibraryThing member leoslittlebooklife
Published in 1900 it tells the story of a Dutch regent and his family in Indonesia when the Dutch still occupied the country.
When he gets into a conflict with the old nobel Javanese family that ruled the region for centuries, the comfortable life of him and his family starts to unravel. The hidden
Like Forster’s A Passage to India, this story deals with the irreconcilable differences between colonialists and the people they suppressed.
Superbly written, this novel by Couperus who died exactly 100 years ago in June, and who is regarded as one of the finest writers in Dutch literary history.
When he gets into a conflict with the old nobel Javanese family that ruled the region for centuries, the comfortable life of him and his family starts to unravel. The hidden
Show More
force that is the mysterious belief of the locals disrupts the regent’s life and exposes his promiscuous wife.Like Forster’s A Passage to India, this story deals with the irreconcilable differences between colonialists and the people they suppressed.
Superbly written, this novel by Couperus who died exactly 100 years ago in June, and who is regarded as one of the finest writers in Dutch literary history.
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LibraryThing member leoslittlebooklife
Published in 1900 it tells the story of a Dutch regent and his family in Indonesia when the Dutch still occupied the country.
When he gets into a conflict with the old nobel Javanese family that ruled the region for centuries, the comfortable life of him and his family starts to unravel. The hidden
Like Forster’s A Passage to India, this story deals with the irreconcilable differences between colonialists and the people they suppressed.
Superbly written, this novel by Couperus who died exactly 100 years ago in June, and who is regarded as one of the finest writers in Dutch literary history.
When he gets into a conflict with the old nobel Javanese family that ruled the region for centuries, the comfortable life of him and his family starts to unravel. The hidden
Show More
force that is the mysterious belief of the locals disrupts the regent’s life and exposes his promiscuous wife.Like Forster’s A Passage to India, this story deals with the irreconcilable differences between colonialists and the people they suppressed.
Superbly written, this novel by Couperus who died exactly 100 years ago in June, and who is regarded as one of the finest writers in Dutch literary history.
Show Less
LibraryThing member leoslittlebooklife
Published in 1900 it tells the story of a Dutch regent and his family in Indonesia when the Dutch still occupied the country.
When he gets into a conflict with the old nobel Javanese family that ruled the region for centuries, the comfortable life of him and his family starts to unravel. The hidden
Like Forster’s A Passage to India, this story deals with the irreconcilable differences between colonialists and the people they suppressed.
Superbly written, this novel by Couperus who died exactly 100 years ago in June, and who is regarded as one of the finest writers in Dutch literary history.
When he gets into a conflict with the old nobel Javanese family that ruled the region for centuries, the comfortable life of him and his family starts to unravel. The hidden
Show More
force that is the mysterious belief of the locals disrupts the regent’s life and exposes his promiscuous wife.Like Forster’s A Passage to India, this story deals with the irreconcilable differences between colonialists and the people they suppressed.
Superbly written, this novel by Couperus who died exactly 100 years ago in June, and who is regarded as one of the finest writers in Dutch literary history.
Show Less
LibraryThing member leoslittlebooklife
Published in 1900 it tells the story of a Dutch regent and his family in Indonesia when the Dutch still occupied the country.
When he gets into a conflict with the old nobel Javanese family that ruled the region for centuries, the comfortable life of him and his family starts to unravel. The hidden
Like Forster’s A Passage to India, this story deals with the irreconcilable differences between colonialists and the people they suppressed.
Superbly written, this novel by Couperus who died exactly 100 years ago in June, and who is regarded as one of the finest writers in Dutch literary history.
When he gets into a conflict with the old nobel Javanese family that ruled the region for centuries, the comfortable life of him and his family starts to unravel. The hidden
Show More
force that is the mysterious belief of the locals disrupts the regent’s life and exposes his promiscuous wife.Like Forster’s A Passage to India, this story deals with the irreconcilable differences between colonialists and the people they suppressed.
Superbly written, this novel by Couperus who died exactly 100 years ago in June, and who is regarded as one of the finest writers in Dutch literary history.
Show Less
LibraryThing member leoslittlebooklife
Published in 1900 it tells the story of a Dutch regent and his family in Indonesia when the Dutch still occupied the country.
When he gets into a conflict with the old nobel Javanese family that ruled the region for centuries, the comfortable life of him and his family starts to unravel. The hidden
Like Forster’s A Passage to India, this story deals with the irreconcilable differences between colonialists and the people they suppressed.
Superbly written, this novel by Couperus who died exactly 100 years ago in June, and who is regarded as one of the finest writers in Dutch literary history.
When he gets into a conflict with the old nobel Javanese family that ruled the region for centuries, the comfortable life of him and his family starts to unravel. The hidden
Show More
force that is the mysterious belief of the locals disrupts the regent’s life and exposes his promiscuous wife.Like Forster’s A Passage to India, this story deals with the irreconcilable differences between colonialists and the people they suppressed.
Superbly written, this novel by Couperus who died exactly 100 years ago in June, and who is regarded as one of the finest writers in Dutch literary history.
Show Less
Language
Original language
Dutch
Original publication date
1900
ISBN
0870237152 / 9780870237157