Comments on: Book: Country of Origin http://dutcheastindies.web.id/book-country-of-origin Website dedicated to Dutch-Indonesian Community Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Michel de Wilde http://dutcheastindies.web.id/book-country-of-origin/comment-page-1#comment-135 Michel de Wilde Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:55:50 +0000 http://dutcheastindies.web.id/?p=68#comment-135 thank you for the kind comment Colson. I actually enjoyed the book partially, specifically the period when Eddy was living in dutch east indies. It makes a good reference to see how the totok and natives interacted. I was kinda lost when reading part of his life in brussels, it's probably because my unfamiliarity with the historical context in europe. I'm planning to read this book again, but maybe later since it requires a lot of thinking. thank you for the kind comment Colson. I actually enjoyed the book partially, specifically the period when Eddy was living in dutch east indies. It makes a good reference to see how the totok and natives interacted.

I was kinda lost when reading part of his life in brussels, it’s probably because my unfamiliarity with the historical context in europe. I’m planning to read this book again, but maybe later since it requires a lot of thinking.

]]> By: colson http://dutcheastindies.web.id/book-country-of-origin/comment-page-1#comment-134 colson Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:49:17 +0000 http://dutcheastindies.web.id/?p=68#comment-134 Ah, you did hit my button of nostalgia. A dear friend and fellow student (with whom I lost contact unfortunately) gave it - "Land van Herkomst" - as a present at my graduation day. Eddy du Perron was at the centre of literary, intellectual and anti-fascist debate here in the thirties. He took part in the debate in The Netherlands as well as in France. A major character. He stood out among his colleagues and friends was caused also be he was kind of special beingvborn and bred in a colonial society. By the way: I'm curious whether you like the book ( as a book with liteary quality). I did, I do very much so. But, after all he had not shed his colonial prejudices and of course the distance between pre-war (WWII I mean) times and 2010 seems the several lightyears. So I wonder... Ah, you did hit my button of nostalgia.

A dear friend and fellow student (with whom I lost contact unfortunately) gave it – “Land van Herkomst” – as a present at my graduation day.

Eddy du Perron was at the centre of literary, intellectual and anti-fascist debate here in the thirties. He took part in the debate in The Netherlands as well as in France. A major character. He stood out among his colleagues and friends was caused also be he was kind of special beingvborn and bred in a colonial society.

By the way: I’m curious whether you like the book ( as a book with liteary quality). I did, I do very much so. But, after all he had not shed his colonial prejudices and of course the distance between pre-war (WWII I mean) times and 2010 seems the several lightyears. So I wonder…

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