 Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (Penguin Classics) Used Books New. |
| Home » All Books |
|
|
Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (Penguin Classics)
buy new, used books, rare books for sale at half price
|
 |
List Price: $16.00
Our Price:
$12.00
You Save: $4
|
| [ + Zoom ] [ Buy Now ] |
Book : Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
|
Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (Penguin Classics) description
When Max Havelaar was first published in Holland in 1860, it ignited a major political and social brouhaha. The novel, written by a former official of the Dutch East Indian Civil Service under the pen name Multatuli, exposed the massive corruption and cruelty rife in the Dutch colony of Java. Max Havelaar is an undeniably autobiographical ... review details
|
|
Max Havelaar: Or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (Penguin Classics) Customer Reviews
|
|
|
|
♥♥♥♥♥
|
Multatuli
|
One can say that this work is a small man's grudge against hsi former employer.
But one cannot really sunstantiate such a point. Even if he did write it as a kick to the boss's shin it still is a major work.
Apart from the message which was and sadly still is and perhaps increasing issue in this world, it is magnificently told.
Perspective in perspective tell you in often as much as four layers and thus four filters the point the writer is stating.
As stated above by a more undoubtedly more learned reader, his technigues of argument are simply brilliant and any scholar should read this book just to brush up his essay writing.
Finally, his way with words is just dragging you through this novel in a way I've only seen Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde come close to.
p.s. Note to the guy above, did you happen to know that Multatuli indeed lived many years in poverty because of his believes, that when he became a succesful writer he dropped the pen after realising people only read his work and didn't act on it.
Living his last years as a recluse in Germany, bittered, and hopeless, instead of cashing on his succes. |
|