The Black Lake
Amid the lush abundance of Java's landscape, two boys spend their days exploring the vast lakes and teeming forests. But as time passes the boys come to realize that their shared sense of adventure cannot bridge the gulf between their backgrounds, for one is the son of a Dutch plantation owner,...
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Amid the lush abundance of Java's landscape, two boys spend their days exploring the vast lakes and teeming forests. But as time passes the boys come to realize that their shared sense of adventure cannot bridge the gulf between their backgrounds, for one is the son of a Dutch plantation owner, and the other the son of a servant. Inevitably, as they grow up, they grow estranged and it is not until years later that they meet again. It will be an explosive and emblematic meeting that marks them even more deeply than their childhood friendship did.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781846273230 (1846273234)
ASIN: 1846273234
Publish date: 2013-10-04
Publisher: Portobello Books
Pages no: 140
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Asian Literature,
Indonesian Literature,
Dutch Literature,
Fiction
Original Title: Oeroeg. This first novel was written as a 'Boekenweekgeschenk' back in 1948. Those are little booklets one gets for free when buying a book during the so called Book Week, usually somewhere in March. What makes is extra special is that it's set in the (then) Dutch Indies, which ca...
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