The Islands

This is a collection of short stories ostensibly about life in Indonesia in the 1930s by a Dutchman. The Amazon blurb happens to be particularly apt: “The islands described in this highly original collection of stories are divorced from the particularities of locale. They are a symbolic setting for those whom Herman Melville called "isolatoes"--people who live with constant loneliness, who occasionally break out of it, but who often encounter tragedy when they make an attempt.” Not my cup of tea but very well done.

A masterpiece of Dutch colonial literature about the
lives of lonely expatriates.

A masterpiece of Dutch colonial literature about the
lives of lonely expatriates.
Another copy is in Indonesia.

Geweldige verhalenbundel waarmee Alberts debuteerde. Vooral het verhaal Groen is grote klasse. Ik bezit een eerste druk zonder stofomslag helaas en een uitgave uit de Witte Olifantreeks van uitgever Van Oorschot.

An anthology of stories.