A writer is vain, just like a . . . man. Speak ill of his mother or of the colour of his hair, say that he speaks with an Amsterdam accent—which fault no Amsterdammer ever admits—perhaps he will pardon you. But . . . never touch the outside of the smallest subdivision of a subordinate particle of something that has lain by the side of his writing . . . for then he will not forgive you! If, therefore, you don’t think my book beautiful, and you should meet me, pretend that we don’t know each other.

No, even a chapter “for variety” appears to me, through the magnifying-glass of my writer’s vanity, highly important and even indispensable; and if you were to skip it, and after that showed no due appreciation of my book, I should not hesitate to reproach you with this skipping as the cause of your being unable to pronounce an opinion on my work, since it was exactly the essential portion you had not read. In this way I should—for I am a man and a writer—consider as essential every chapter you had skipped with unpardonable reader-levity. I picture to myself how your wife asks: “Is there anything in that book?” And you answer, for instance—horribile auditu for me—with the wealth of words characteristic of married men: “Hm . . . well . . . I don’t know yet.” Why, then, barbarian, read on. The all-important thing is just at your gate. And I gaze at you with trembling lips, and measure the thickness of leaves turned over, and on your face I search for the reflection of the chapter that is so beautiful . . . “No,” I say, “he has not got to it yet. Presently he will jump up, in ecstasy he will embrace something, perhaps his wife . . .” But you read on. The “beautiful chapter” must be passed, I think. You have not jumped up at all, you have not embraced . . . And ever thinner grows the volume of leaves under your right thumb, and ever more meagre grows my hope of that embrace . . . yes, faith! I had even made sure of a tear! And you have read the novel through to “where they get each other,” and you say yawning—again a form of eloquence in the state of wedlock: “Why . . . well! It’s a book that . . . hm! Well, they write such a lot nowadays!” But know you not then, monster, tiger, European, reader, know you not then that you have just whiled away an hour chewing my spirit like a toothpick? Gnawing and biting flesh and bone of your own kindred? Cannibal, in it was my soul, my soul that you have chewed for the second time as a cow chews grass! It is my heart you have just swallowed as a delicacy! For in that book I had put both this heart and soul, and so many tears fell on the manuscript, and my blood oozed from my veins as I wrote on, and I gave you all this, and you bought it for a few pence . . . and you say: “hm!” The reader will understand that I am not here speaking of my book.

Multatuli, Max Havelaar; or, The Coffee Sales of the Netherlands Trading Company (1860)

Bangunan bisa berkata lebih lantang kepadaku, terutama bangunan bersejarah. Namun, perasaan yang dibangkitkan oleh bangunan-bangunan ini sangatlah berbeda: mendatangkan kembali masa lalu, membuat bayang-bayang masa lalu melintas di hadapan kita untuk ditinjau.

Max Havelar

#daribuku *Max Havelar* - Multatuli, Penerbit Qanita

Boontje liet zich inspireren door de stomme film

bron beeld: literatuurmuseum.nl Dit stuk gaat over Louis Paul Boon (1912-1979), de Vlaamse-Belgische schrijver die de Nobelprijs misliep maar had verdiend. In de bundel interviews met hem: Een man zonder carrière legt Boontje, zoals hij zichzelf liet noemen, uit wat zijn bedoelingen waren met zijn schrijverij. Willem Roggeman noteerde het. De Kapellekensbaan en andere heb ik dus geschreven om de…

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"One does not advance the swimming abilities of ducks by throwing the eggs in the water."

Multatuli (pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker), novelist (2nd March 1820-1887)

Multatuli: Swimming abilities of ducks

“One does not advance the swimming abilities of ducks by throwing the eggs in the water.” —-Multatuli (pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker).

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NAMA INDONESIA ADALAH PENEMUAN INGGERIS

Ronald Frisar Pada tahun 1850 itu berarti wilayah yang jauh lebih luas dari sekedar Hindia Belanda. Nama Indonesia, sebenarnya dari mana asalnya? Bukan kolonial Belanda yang menciptakannya, juga bukan ‘penduduk asli’ yang memperjuangkan kemerdekaan. Asal muasal nama yang menghiasi kepulauan besar di Asia Tenggara hingga hari ini adalah dua orang Inggris. (more…) “”

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me, remembering ive never continued my miitopia cast line up: huhmmm

also me, remembering tigor is literally a tank class that looks like hes from azur lane bc the tank is actually his commando ship from his og verse: actually. . n nevermind-

LPM Tintamas Gelar Seminar Jurnalistik di Museum Multatuli

LEBAK – Lembaga Pers Mahasiswa Team News Of La Tansa Mashiro (LPM Tintamas) menggelar seminar jurnalistik dengan tema “Berbagi Stategi Praktis jadi Jurnalis” dalam rangka Milad LPM Tintamas ke-16 tahun di Pendopo Museum Multatuli, Minggu (21/4/2024). Seminar jurnalistik mendatangkan dua narasumber diantaranya Lia Muspiroh, Reporter Radio Sonora Jakarta dan Nurandi Reporter Radar Banten. Kedua…

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'Rachma' (30 × 20 cm, pastel on 200 gms toned paper)

In order not to display once more the far-reaching unruliness which Mr. Buys charges me with in the Scientific Papers, I must insert a remark here, to prove to you, reader, that I always speak the truth, especially when I assert that books contain so many lies. I will therefore prove to you, that everything I told you was a lie.

Minnebrieven (Love Letters), Multatuli (1861)

...aku sering kali bertanya kepada diriku sendiri apakah banyaknya kesalahan yang sudah kita anggap lumrah, banyaknya “ketidakadilan” yang kita pikir benar, berasal dari fakta bahwa kita telah kelamaan duduk dengan teman yang sama di dalam kereta pelancong yang sama.

Max Havelar

#daribuku *Max Havelar* - Multatuli, Penerbit Qanita

#when i was reading the silmarillion in 4th year high school my physics teacher went the teen-safe equivalent of#''why the fuck are you reading the fucking silmarillion you're 15''#well yes you see it was *because* i was 15

saw those tags and as an also formerly 15 yo girl i can confirm, I read some shit i wouldnt willingly touch with an 10 foot pole now. We have some books from the 80's I read some of those. I have no idea how I managed that. German bookwriting in the 80's was terrible. Idk why but they are just not nice to read. I read a lot of Karl May so I know old book and his newer releases from the 80's were the worst XD The others are...interesting but you can get behind them.

I have listened to the audio book of the simarillion a while back bc I did not get around to reading the book and I have to say Tolkien reads a lot nicer and easier in english than in german. It wasnt that bad, just sometimes a bit difficult to follow while just listening ^^

Ha, I read Das Parfüm like. three times in the original German in the year before and whenever I think about it now I'm like "girl what the whole fuck" (I only needed to read it once for German class but somehow I decided to re-read it twice. And not because I thought it was such a nice narrative, in fact I hated it. TO be fair my German has never been better than it was during that time). I drew the line at Harry Mulisch and Multatuli, though.

I read Tolkien both in Dutch (at 15) and English (at... I wanna say somewhere in my twenties but no idea when exactly) and tbh neither was the best experience of my life. Tolkien to me is like Umberto Eco in that sense - I love the concept of linguistic/historical and academic fuckery in fiction, absolutely not a fan of the actual shape the writing on the pages has taken (story is fine - in Tolkien's case a lot more so than Eco because oh my god can I not be fucked with the postmodernity of it all).

One does not advance the swimming abilities of ducks by throwing the eggs in the water.

Multatuli (pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker)

it's been said before but the best/worst part about tumblr is that you can post what would be spicy takes about popular media on other platforms and get a mild golfclap of approval, but simultaneously bitches will come out of the woodwork to be like 'if you enjoyed a single word of Multatuli's Max Havelaar (1860) you're a neoliberal shill and an colonial apologizist bastard who should be tarred and feathered'

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