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Arthur Japin The Two Harts of Kwasi Boachi-
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Arthur Japin The Two Harts of Kwasi Boachi-
'' Arthur Japin's rich and risky first novel,
is a telling fragment from the saga of displacement that Europe's empires
imposed on other peoples' bodies and souls. And it rests on a solid historical basis
In 1837 be Kwasi and Kwame, two African princes, to King William I donated as collateral for the illegal slave trade from the Dutch Government. In Delft are the black guys like Hamed brought up. While Kwasi itself from all power and wants to be a real Dutchman, fighting to retain his African identity Kwame and one day to be able to return to his people.
Years later, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the elderly Prince Kwasi Boachi from Javanese tea plantation are back on their extraordinary lives. Only then, he discovers the conspiracy with which the Dutch Government has thwarted his Indian career.
De zwarte met het witte hart is one of the highlights of the post-war Dutch literature and marked the final break-through by Arthur Japin. There are more than 350,000 books sold.
with some foto,s
Published by Vintage 2001 paperback with linen with envelope blz 342 good condition
'' Arthur Japin's rich and risky first novel,
is a telling fragment from the saga of displacement that Europe's empires
imposed on other peoples' bodies and souls. And it rests on a solid historical basis
In 1837 be Kwasi and Kwame, two African princes, to King William I donated as collateral for the illegal slave trade from the Dutch Government. In Delft are the black guys like Hamed brought up. While Kwasi itself from all power and wants to be a real Dutchman, fighting to retain his African identity Kwame and one day to be able to return to his people.
Years later, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the elderly Prince Kwasi Boachi from Javanese tea plantation are back on their extraordinary lives. Only then, he discovers the conspiracy with which the Dutch Government has thwarted his Indian career.
De zwarte met het witte hart is one of the highlights of the post-war Dutch literature and marked the final break-through by Arthur Japin. There are more than 350,000 books sold.
with some foto,s
Published by Vintage 2001 paperback with linen with envelope blz 342 good condition