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EPISODE 33: P.A. Daum, "Ups and Downs of Life in the Indies" (1890), Part One
- 2024/09/18
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あらすじ・解説
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.
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