Lead Review

  • Book: Forever a Stranger and Other Stories
  • Location: Indonesia
  • Author: Hella S Haasse

Location

Content

The narrator of this short novel is a Dutch boy who is best friends with Oeroeg, the son of Indonesian workers employed by his father. But what seems a straightforward friendship to maintain as children soon becomes much more complex as they grow up – the lives of these two boys are fundamentally different, and as they grow older those differences cut at the ties of friendship they share.

Back to book

Sign up to receive our e-newsletter

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.