Books by Louis Couperus
The Hidden Force
by Louis Couperus
A very early example of a novelist who saw the futility of colonialism. It’s about the illusion of Western omnipotence
Interviews where books by Louis Couperus were recommended
The best books on East and West, recommended by Ian Buruma
The writer and historian Ian Buruma selects five Western perspectives of the East, including a novel of colonial India, a travelogue of disappearing Japan, and the collection of essays that lifted the veil on Mao’s China.
