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Forever a Stranger and Other Stories

Forever a Stranger and Other Stories

Author(s): Hella S Haasse

Location(s): Indonesia

Genre(s): Short Stories

Era(s): First half 20th century

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Dealing with the themes of alienation and estrangement, this collection of stories reflects the impressions the author absorbed during her childhood and youth in the Indies. Describing the Indonesian landscape, the stories evoke images of the country and its people.

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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...

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