Ups and Downs of Life in the Indies — P.A. Daum

Title: Ups and Downs of Life in the Indies — P.A. Daum

Author: P.A. Daum

Publisher: Periplus Editions

Format: Paperback

Edition: Paperback edition published in 1999 by Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.

ISBN: 9625935126

Condition: Second-hand. Good condition with light cover rubbing, minor edge and corner wear, and some age toning to pages. Binding appears firm. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

A realist novel of Dutch colonial life in nineteenth-century Java, Ups and Downs of Life in the Indies follows tensions between neighbouring plantation owners, money, status, murder, social ambition and the fragile structures of colonial society.

P.A. Daum was a major figure in Dutch East Indies literature, known for his direct style, humour and psychological observation. This English-language Periplus edition makes an otherwise less accessible colonial novel available to modern readers.