Country of Origin

E Du Perron

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of the Indies
• Second only to Havelaar as an important Dutch novel on Indonesia, Country of Origin is largely autobiographical. Born in the Indies in 1899, Edgar du ... Lees meer

The Islands

A Alberts

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of the Indies
• The islands described in this highly original collection of stories are divorced from the particularities of locale. They are a symbolic setting for t... Lees meer

Ups and Downs of Life in the Indies

P A Daum

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of the Indies
• Written by one of the most realistic colonial authors of his time, his naturalistic novel presents a vivid portrait of colonial life on the island of ... Lees meer

The Hidden Force

L Couperus

• Paperback | Engels | Library of the Indies
• The Hidden Force is a 1900 novel by the Dutch writer, L. Couperus. In the novel, the protagonist, Van Oudijck, a Dutch resident, faces his own demise ... Lees meer

The Poison Tree

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of the Indies
• Illustrated with sixteen plates from the first edition of Ambonese Herbarium, The Poison Tree demonstrates why Rumphius was the greatest authority on ... Lees meer

Fugitive Dreams

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of the Indies
• In the seventeenth century, Dutch seafarers brought back reports of journeys to the East Indies, a realm of more than 3,000 islands that for over thre... Lees meer

Mirror of the Indies

Rob Nieuwenhuys

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of the Indies
• This book is the definitive literary history of the colonial Dutch East Indies and is partially distinguished from its predecessors by its discussion ... Lees meer