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The hidden force : a story of modern Java / Louis Couperus ; translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Couperus, Louis, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Java (Indonesia)--History--19th century--Fiction.
- Java (Indonesia).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland, [New Zealand] : The Floating Press, 1922.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In The Hidden Force, Dutch writer Louis Couperus presents a prescient critique of European colonialism that was decades ahead of its time. The novel follows Dutch expat Van Oudyck in his life in Java, as he comes to grips with the damage wrought by Western incursions into foreign cultures, not only on a grand scale, but also within his own family.
- Contents:
- Title; Contents; Translator''s Note; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty; Chapter Twenty-One; Chapter Twenty-Two; Chapter Twenty-Three; Chapter Twenty-Four; Chapter Twenty-Five; Chapter Twenty-Six; Chapter Twenty-Seven; Chapter Twenty-Eight; Chapter Twenty-Nine; Chapter Thirty; Chapter Thirty-One; Chapter Thirty-Two
- Endnotes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 18, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-77658-474-0
- OCLC:
- 887506167
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