Hella S. Haasse - Oeroeg: een begin

Hella S. Haasse - Oeroeg: een begin - Amsterdam - Em. Querido's Uitgeverij BV - 2004 - 2nd edition - [144] pp - Cloth binding with dust jacket - 19,5 x 25 cm. - Design: Steven van der Gaauw.

Condition: As new.

Joint edition of the essay that Hella S. Haasse (1918-2011) wrote as a fifteen-year-old and the novella 'Oeroeg' from 1948, in which the same character plays the leading role. With essays by Peter van Zonneveld and Kees Snoek, Jury report of the Prize of Dutch Literature 2004 and 'Verantwoording'. Hardback edition.

¶ The surviving sheets of manuscript of the essay ('De tovervogel') and the complete manuscript of 'Oeroeg' (published at the time as a Book Week gift) are also printed as facsimiles. Typography: Hannie Pijnappels. Author's photo: Jerry Bauer.