Eduard Douwes Dekker, best known by his pen name Multatuli, was a Dutch writer renowned for his satirical novel denouncing the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies. His work, deeply informed by his personal experiences, exposes injustice and oppression with uncompromising honesty. Multatuli's pseudonym, meaning 'I have suffered much,' reflects both his own hardships and those of the victims of the injustices he depicted. Through his distinctive narrative voice, often employing satire and nonconformist views on politics and society, he made a significant contribution to Dutch literature.
Roy Edwards's vibrant translation conveys the satirical and innovative style of Multatuli's autobiographical polemic. In his introduction, R. P. Meijer discusses the author's tempestuous life and career, the controversy the novel aroused and its unusual narrative structure.
Książka holenderskiego autora z 1860 roku, której głównym tematem jest sprzeciw wobec nadużyć, jakie miały miejsce pod rządami Holendrów w Holenderskich Indiach Wschodnich.
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"Woutertje Pieterse" (or The History of Walter Pieterse) by Multatuli was his second novel and published posthumously in 1890. It is also the most famous work by the author after "Max Havelaar." The history of Wouter Pieterse appeared as fragments in the Ideas, which also forms an organic whole with it. The story is about a dreamy and poetic msterdam boy, Wouter Pieterse, who grows up in a middle-class environment in the French period . The philistinism of his surroundings and curiosity of Wouter often come into conflict, and forms the main theme of the book. Eduard Douwes Dekker (2 March 1820 - 19 February 1887), better known by his pen name Multatuli (from Latin multa tuli, "I have suffered much"), was a Dutch writer famous for his satirical novel, Max Havelaar (1860), which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the Dutch East Indies (today's Indonesia).
