| Title:
|
THE HIDDEN FORCE
|
| By: |
Louis Couperus, Alexander Teixera de Mattos (Trans), E.M. Beekman (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£22.95 |
| Our price: |
£22.26 |
| Discount: |
|
| You save:
|
£0.69 |
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
0870237152 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780870237157 |
| Availability: |
Publisher out of stock. This item may be subject to delays or cancellation.
 Delivery
rates
|
| Stock: |
Currently 0 available |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
11 January, 1990 |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Translated from: |
Dutch; Flemish |
| Description: |
A novel written in 1900 and set in the Dutch East Indies. It concerns a colonial official who is undone by his wilful application of reason to a culture that is steeped in the mystical and irrational. This edition contains an introduction and notes. |
| Synopsis: |
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 as a result of his inability to see past his Western rationalism. The East Indian people and countryside have no effect on him, and the ambiance of Java, coupled with the adverse behavior of their Javanese subjects, prove more powerful than the might and power of the colonials. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Massachusetts Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |