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Maria Dermoût

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Description:In this bewitching story-memoir, Maria Dermout recollects the moods, the colors, the emotions, the dramas of a childhood, more than half a century ago, in Java. The East Indies of long ago, and the equally magic and faraway world of childhood, are seen through time as through a gauze curtain: the house in the walled garden, the birds like animated jewels, the deer stepping carefully through wet grass, the Dutch Colonial gentlemen driving to great gala balls at twilight -- tall white candles burning in their carriage lanterns --- to waltz on marble-floored verandas with ladies in decollete; the porcelain tea pavilion in the orchard; Papa in long batik trousers and a starched white jacket at breakfast; the artist-sorcerer natives -- and the little girl born in Java of Dutch ancestors, nurtured on magic, accustomed to being surrounded by beauty.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Nog pas gisteren. To get started finding Nog pas gisteren, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Athenaeum-Polak

Release: 1997

ISBN: 9021490196

Description: In this bewitching story-memoir, Maria Dermout recollects the moods, the colors, the emotions, the dramas of a childhood, more than half a century ago, in Java. The East Indies of long ago, and the equally magic and faraway world of childhood, are seen through time as through a gauze curtain: the house in the walled garden, the birds like animated jewels, the deer stepping carefully through wet grass, the Dutch Colonial gentlemen driving to great gala balls at twilight -- tall white candles burning in their carriage lanterns --- to waltz on marble-floored verandas with ladies in decollete; the porcelain tea pavilion in the orchard; Papa in long batik trousers and a starched white jacket at breakfast; the artist-sorcerer natives -- and the little girl born in Java of Dutch ancestors, nurtured on magic, accustomed to being surrounded by beauty.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Nog pas gisteren. To get started finding Nog pas gisteren, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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