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

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

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 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

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

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

Two Tales of the East Indies

Beb Vuyk, H J Friedericy

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of the Indies
• For centuries, women who have lived in inhospitable regions have displayed enormous courage, resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, and determination in t... 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