A Cup of Coffee for Max Havelaar
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Universiteit van Amsterdam has proposed the novel Max Havelaar as part of world heritage literature. The following are several articles based on Tempo’s reports covering Havelaar in Amsterdam and in Lebak.
THE photograph was extremely faded. It was yellow, and white at the corners. The man in the photograph sat with dignity: his gaze was sharp, he had thick, wavy hair and a moustache like a line above his lips. He was the legendary writer Edouard Douwes Dekker also known as Multatuli. The faded photograph was displayed behind glass in front of a small three-story building on Korjespoorsteeg Road number 20, not far from Amsterdam Central Station. Th
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