A fictionalized memoir of family life in the former colonial Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), Faded Portraits is the story of the once powerful De Paulys, and especially of Aunt Sophie, the matriarch, whose efforts to preserve the family heritage prove inevitably tragic.
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Text: English, Dutch (translation)
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Born in 1908, E. Breton de Nijs - the psesudonym of Rob Niewenhuys - is the author of one other Library of the Indies volume, Mirror the of the Indies: A History of Dutch Colonial Literature.
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A glimpse into an era long since past,
By Tim OCallaghan (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Faded Portraits (Library of the Indies) (Hardcover)
I am only now beginning to retrace the steps of my mothers life. One which began for a brief period in the Netherlands and then spread to the Dutch East Indies and a life in the colonial tropics. This book was the first one I picked up as I began my research to try and etch an image of how life must have been like for her and others like her during that time. Though my family is not descedants of the same wealth as portrayed in this book it does provide a vivid account of how certain factions of the ruling class carried out their daily lives. Oblivious to the importance of the culture that surrounded them and only focused on imposing their own. This book gave me vibrant insights, realistic portayals of characters to which I could easily relate and glimpse into a life long since gone. A book I could not put down for many, many reasons.
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AUNT SOPHIE HORTENSE CECILE DOBLIJN, nee De Pauly, passed away in 1940 in Batavia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inner veranda, rear veranda, faded portraits, front veranda Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Sophie, Uncle Tjen, Aunt Christien, Uncle Alex, Salemba Avenue, Uncle Tien, Uncle Otto, Mokko Mokko, The Hague, Uncle Tlen, Palais de Danse, Sister Brigitte, Pasar Baru New!
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AUNT SOPHIE HORTENSE CECILE DOBLIJN, nee De Pauly, passed away in 1940 in Batavia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inner veranda, rear veranda, faded portraits, front veranda Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Sophie, Uncle Tjen, Aunt Christien, Uncle Alex, Salemba Avenue, Uncle Tien, Uncle Otto, Mokko Mokko, The Hague, Uncle Tlen, Palais de Danse, Sister Brigitte, Pasar Baru New!
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- Country of Origin (Library of Indies) by Charles Edgar Du Perron in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Wickford Point by John P. Marquand in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The History of Java (Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints) by Stamford Raffles in Back Matter
- Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar in Front Matter
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- Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power: Race and the Intimate in Colonial Rule by Ann Laura Stoler on 5 pages
- Mirror of the Indies: A History of Dutch Colonial Literature (Library of the Indies) by Robert Nieuwenhuys on page 227, page 324, and page 328
- The Man Who Found the Missing Link: Eugine Dubois and His Lifelong Quest to Prove Darwin Right by Pat Shipman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester on page 393
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