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Synopsis
The Hidden Force: A Story Of Modern Java is a novel written by the Dutch author Louis Couperus. The book is set in the Dutch East Indies during the early 20th century and explores the complex relationships between the Dutch colonial rulers and the Javanese people.The story centers around Van Oudijck, a Dutch resident who is tasked with maintaining order in a Javanese district. Van Oudijck is a proud and ambitious man who is determined to uphold the authority of the Dutch colonial government, but he soon finds himself caught in a web of intrigue and betrayal.As Van Oudijck tries to navigate the complex political and social landscape of Java, he is forced to confront the hidden forces that are working against him. These forces include the Javanese aristocracy, who resent the Dutch presence on their land, and the colonial officials, who are more concerned with their own interests than with the welfare of the Javanese people.The Hidden Force is a powerful and thought-provoking novel that explores themes of power, corruption, and cultural conflict. It is a compelling and insightful portrait of a colonial society that is struggling to come to terms with its own contradictions and complexities.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.
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About the Author
L. Couperus (1863-1923) is recognized as one of the major innovators of Dutch fiction. E. M. Beekman is Multatuli Professor of Dutch Literature, Language, and Culture at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and editor of the twelve-volume Library of the Indies.
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"A major novel (written in 1900) by a great modern European writer virtually unknown to American readers. Its setting is the island of Java, and its protagonist a Dutch colonial official undone by his willful application of reason and pragmatism to a culture secure in its nonrational, mystical intimacy with nature and the spirit world. This is a tragedy of colonialism essentially contemporary with, and fully comparable to, the work of Joseph Conrad."―Chicago Tribune Book World
"With the inexorable momentum and prophetic courage, Couperus probes the psychological and cultural causes of [protagonist] Van Oudijck's fall from presumed power and happiness against a fin-de-siècle background. Magic is but one theme in the novel, along with that of cultural estrangement and lovelessness in the sensuous but isolated world of the Indies."―World Literature Today
"A rare and unusual achievement. . . . Stark, haunting, and evocative, this eerie narrative time-travels back to another age, a darker dispensation."―Asiaweek
"An outstanding example of psychological fiction, it is a prophetic intimation of the beginning of the end of Dutch rule in Indonesia and an original understanding of an inevitable fate that transcends the . . . clash between the East and West."―Publishers Weekly
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