The Hidden Force by Louis Couperus
The Hidden Force (Dutch: De Stille Kracht) is a 1900 novel by the Dutch writer Louis Couperus. The narrative is set on the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies. The book was adapted into a 1974 Dutch TV serial. In 2010, a feature-film adaptation was announced as under development with Paul Verhoeven as director. In 1985 E.M. Beekman published a revised edition of Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' translation dd 1921; a new translation by Paul Vincent came in 2012.
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- Published
- 1921
- Nationality
- Dutch
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 250-300
- Original Language
- Dutch
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- Alternate Titles
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- De stille kracht
- The Hidden Force: A Story of Java
- The Hidden Force: A Story of Modern Java
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This book is on the following 2 lists:
- 46th on the Dutch Literary Canon in 100 Works (dbnl)
- 50 (+1) essential texts from Dutch literature (literairecanon.be)