Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (1868) - Couverture rigide

Multatuli; Dekker, Eduard Douwes

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ISBN 10 : 1120839548 ISBN 13 : 9781120839541

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Max Havelaar: Or The Coffee Auctions Of The Dutch Trading Company is a novel written by Multatuli (pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker) and published in 1868. The book is a social critique of the Dutch colonial system in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) and the exploitation of the local population by the Dutch colonial authorities and their trading companies.The story is narrated by the titular character, Max Havelaar, a Dutch colonial administrator who becomes disillusioned with the corruption and injustice he witnesses in his job. Havelaar tries to expose the abuses of the colonial system to his superiors, but his efforts are met with resistance and he is eventually dismissed from his position.The novel also features a parallel narrative of the life of a Javanese woman named Sa�����djah and her lover Adinda, whose lives are disrupted by the Dutch exploitation of their land and people.Max Havelaar is considered a landmark work of Dutch literature and a seminal text in the development of Dutch colonial literature. It is also notable for its innovative narrative structure, which includes elements of metafiction and self-reflexivity. The book has been translated into numerous languages and has had a significant impact on Dutch and Indonesian literature and politics.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Max Havelaar - a Dutch civil servant in Java - burns with an insatiable desire to end the ill treatment and oppression inflicted on the native peoples by the colonial administration. Max is an inspirational figure, but he is also a flawed idealist whose vow to protect the Javanese from cruelty ends in his own downfall. In Max Havelaar, Multatuli (the pseudonym for Eduard Douwes Dekker) vividly recreated his own experiences in Java and tellingly depicts the hypocrisy of those who gained from the corrupt coffee trade. Sending shockwaves through the Dutch nation when it was published in 1860, this damning exposé of the terrible conditions in the colonies led to welfare reforms in Java and continues to inspire the fairtrade movement today. Roy Edwards's vibrant translation conveys the satirical and innovative style of Multatuli's autobiographical polemic. In his introduction, R. P. Meijer discusses the author's tempestuous life and career, the controversy the novel aroused and its unusual narrative structure.

Biographie de l'auteur

Multatuli is the pseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887). After 18 years of civil service in the Dutch East Indies, he returned to Europe in 1856 a disillusioned man. The way the natives were treated by their own as well as by the Dutch rulers offended him so much that he resigned after a public conflict. In his novel Max Havelaar he recorded his experiences. The book was published in 1860 and made him an instant success. Encouraged by this public acclaim, he decided to pursue a career as a writer. He became a sort of national conscience, inspiring emancipatory movements such as freethinkers, socialists and anarchists. Multatuli's career as a writer lasted exactly as long as his career as an official: 18 years. Then, once more profoundly disillusioned, he decided to give up writing and took refuge in Germany, where he died in February 1887.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1120839548
• ISBN 13: 9781120839541
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 442
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible