EPISODE 33: P.A. Daum, "Ups and Downs of Life in the Indies" (1890), Part One
Description
Chapters 1-3: 0:00 —Multatuli, Couperus & Daum. 2:40 —Country & city. 3:45 —Blowing the lid off. 6:17 —Corruption. 7:15 —The overseer Jozef. 9:55 —Night sounds & savage voices. 13:32 —The colonialist’s nightmare. 15:50 —The lid in place. 16:30 —Government overreaction. 20:09 —Taking the bait. 23:05 —Vague, faceless figures. 26:21 —Interlude.
Chapters 4-5: 26:57 —What an awful man. 30:01 —Little Lena. 33:40 —The heart of the matter. 37:06 —Corruption. 39:54 —BHP Billiton. 42:02 —A successful pudding. 45:06 —Interlude.
Chapters 5-6: 45:35 —An emotional vortex. 53:30 —Eddy & Freddy. 56:10 —Get the hell out. 58:15 —The degenerated branch. 1:02:32 —The Uhlstras. 1:03:33 —Seeing Twissels.
Text: P.A. Daum, Ups and Downs of Life in the Indies. Translated by Elsje Quinn Sturtevant and Donald W. Sturtevant. Univ. of Massachusetts Press, 1987.
Interludes: Erik Satie, Gnossienne No. 6 (1897), performed by Andreas Pfaul.
Illustration: DBNL: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren.
Contact: jimjneilson@gmail.com
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