The Hidden Force: A Story of Modern Java (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Couperus, Louis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440073546 ISBN 13 : 9781440073540

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

On the edge of empire, a web of power, desire, and hidden forces tests loyalty and duty.

The Hidden Force follows Van Oudijck, a European official in colonial Java, as ambition collides with local loyalties, family duty, and a fragile sense of identity. Amid court intrigue, a seasoned diplomat confronts the pull of an unfamiliar culture and the pressures of a lineage he longs to revive.

Across a landscape of ceremonial dignity, mixed families, and whispered rivalries, intimate lives unfold under the gaze of a world that never stops watching. The story threads together personal longing with larger questions about power, belonging, and the costs of empire.

• Explore complex characters driven by duty, pride, and hidden desires.


• See how personal relationships shape political and cultural destinies.


• Delve into scenes of tension between European rulers and their Javanese subjects.


• Experience a richly atmospheric setting that blends personal drama with colonial history.

Ideal for readers who enjoy literary fiction set in a colonial world, where inner lives collide with public roles.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This novel was written in the authors middle period, about twenty years ago. He tells me that, since then, life in the Dutch East Indies has undergone certain modifications, but none of very great importance. The habit among Dutch ladies of wearing native dress during the day has nearly died out. The relations between the ruling and the subject race are almost unchanged since the date of the story (1900). I have retained the spelling of the Malay words as it stands in the original, with the exception that I have transliterated the Dutch phonetic oe into I ts English equivalent, uor oo. The other vowels are pronounced in the continental fashion.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440073546
• ISBN 13: 9781440073540
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 321
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