The Forbidden Kingdom

Authors: Slauerhoff, Jan Jacob
Publisher: Steerforth Press
BISAC/Subject: FIC014000, FIC004000, FIC002000
ISBN: 9781908968753, Related ISBNs: 1906548889, 1908968753, 9781906548889, 9781908968753
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 304,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: Slauerhoff’s The Forbidden Kingdom is a blend of historical chronicle, fiction and commentary, bringing together the seemingly unrelated lives of a twentieth century ship’s radio operator and the sixteenth century Portuguese poet-in-exile, Luis Camoes.
Slauerhoff draws his reader into a dazzling world of exoticism, betrayal and exile, where past and present merge and the possibility of death is never far away.
Through a narrative that evolves into a critique of European history, culture and colonialism, Slauerhoff speculates about the lessons to be learnt from history.
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