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Country of Origin (1935)

por Edgar du Perron

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Second only to Havelaar as an important Dutch novel on Indonesia, Country of Origin is largely autobiographical. Born in the Indies in 1899, Edgar du Perron spent his youth in Java and much of his adulthood in Europe. He was the co-founder of the magazine Forum, and he partially supported several other avant-garde publications. He died in the Netherlands in 1940, on the day the Dutch army surrendered to German invaders. Encompassing many kinds of classes of people in their own environment, Country of Origin teems with the atmosphere of the tropics, the colors of the landscape, and the sights and smells of native foods. The chapters on du Perron's youth in Java evoke the colonial scene in great detail as they relate his education, early friendship, and first love affairs. The European chapters deal primarily with intellectual life in the 1930s in Paris and the Netherlands. They are of particular interest because of the author's friendship with writers such as André Malraux and Pascal Pia, both of whom appear in the novel.… (mais)
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This ambitious, largely autobiographical novel opens at the turn of the century with the story of a young Dutchman growing up on the island of Java, and ends against the backdrop of the growth of fascism in Europe in the 1930s. It encompasses the lives and loves of the author's colorful acquaintances - whole identities are often only thinly disguised - including the European writers Pascal Pia and Andre Malraux.
  Alhickey1 | Nov 11, 2019 |
Een complex boek dat grofweg uiteen valt in drie delen:

-een verslag van het leven van de schrijver (of beter zijn alter ego Arthur Ducroo) in Parijs en Brussel.
-lange dialogen met literaire vrienden over kunst, de moderne tijd en een hele reeks andere onderwerpen.
-jeugdherinneringen aan Nederlands Indië.

Het laatst genoemde deel is verreweg het sterkste. Nuchter, eerlijk maar niet zonder lyriek beschrijft Du Perron zijn kind zijn en opgroeien in een nu volledig verdwenen wereld. Zijn wederwaardigheden in Europa zijn dan weer van wisselend niveau: soms treffend (bijvoorbeeld het portret van zijn moeder en zijn moeizame relatie met haar), maar niet altijd even beklijvend en af en toe zelfs ronduit langdradig. Met name Du Perrons liefdesleven en zoektocht naar de Ene -normaal toch een dankbaar onderwerp voor een semi-autobiografisch werk- kon mijn aandacht niet vasthouden. De lange, meer essayistische stukken en uitgebreide dialogen met bevriende intellectuelen zijn de zwakste schakel van dit boek. Ze halen iedere vaart uit het verhaal en variëren inhoudelijk tussen gedateerd maar interessant (de mening van de schrijver en zijn vrienden over het communisme en fascisme) en gedateerd zonder meer (Du Perron over de vrouw en seksualiteit: toen ongetwijfeld zeer vooruitstrevend, nu praktisch onbegrijpelijk).

Dit boek is een sleutelroman en in een uitgebreid, door Du Perron zelf geleverd notenaparaat kan men terugvinden wie achter welke naam schuil gaat. Niet echt mijn ding, maar wie ervan houdt, kan zich hier heerlijk uitleven. ( )
2 vote BartGr. | Nov 19, 2011 |
Jeugdherinneringen aan Nederlands Indië, gemengd met omgang met intellectualistische kringen. Heel on-nederlands, proustiaans in zijn herinneringen, maar erg gezocht. ( )
  bookomaniac | Feb 26, 2010 |
Boek waarin afwisselend ideeën en opvattingen over het moderne Europa (jaren'30) worden afgewisseld met jeugdherinneringen aan Indië. Nauwelijks verhulde autobiografie-Arthur Ducroo is Du P., en zijn vrienden Menno ter Braak, André Malraux en Pascal Pia, o.a., zijn makkelijk herkenbaar. ( )
  leowillemse | Sep 2, 2009 |
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Second only to Havelaar as an important Dutch novel on Indonesia, Country of Origin is largely autobiographical. Born in the Indies in 1899, Edgar du Perron spent his youth in Java and much of his adulthood in Europe. He was the co-founder of the magazine Forum, and he partially supported several other avant-garde publications. He died in the Netherlands in 1940, on the day the Dutch army surrendered to German invaders. Encompassing many kinds of classes of people in their own environment, Country of Origin teems with the atmosphere of the tropics, the colors of the landscape, and the sights and smells of native foods. The chapters on du Perron's youth in Java evoke the colonial scene in great detail as they relate his education, early friendship, and first love affairs. The European chapters deal primarily with intellectual life in the 1930s in Paris and the Netherlands. They are of particular interest because of the author's friendship with writers such as André Malraux and Pascal Pia, both of whom appear in the novel.

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