The Hidden Force

Fiction & Literature, Classics, Literary
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Author: Louis Couperus ISBN: 9781908968227
Publisher: Steerforth Press Publication: September 25, 2012
Imprint: Pushkin Press Language: English
Author: Louis Couperus
ISBN: 9781908968227
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Publication: September 25, 2012
Imprint: Pushkin Press
Language: English

Set in Java at the height of Dutch colonial rule in the East Indies, Couperus’s evocative and sensual narrative depicts the clash between Western rationalism, represented by the district commissioner Otto van Oudijck, and ancient indigenous mystical traditions upheld by the local native prince, Sunario. The behaviour of Van Oudijck’s promiscuous wife Léonie proves to be his Achilles heel, and his seemingly impregnable authority disintegrates.

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Set in Java at the height of Dutch colonial rule in the East Indies, Couperus’s evocative and sensual narrative depicts the clash between Western rationalism, represented by the district commissioner Otto van Oudijck, and ancient indigenous mystical traditions upheld by the local native prince, Sunario. The behaviour of Van Oudijck’s promiscuous wife Léonie proves to be his Achilles heel, and his seemingly impregnable authority disintegrates.

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