The Hidden Force
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Author | Louis Couperus |
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Original title | De Stille Kracht |
Translator | Alexander Teixeira de Mattos |
Country | Netherlands |
Language | Dutch |
Publisher | L.J. Veen |
Publication date | 1900 |
Published in English | 1922 |
Pages | 246 |
The Hidden Force (Dutch: De Stille Kracht) is a 1900 novel by the Dutch writer Louis Couperus. The narrative is set on the island of Java in the Dutch East Indies. The book was adapted into a 1974 Dutch TV serial. In 2010, a feature-film adaptation was announced as under development with Paul Verhoeven as director.[1]
In 1985 E.M. Beekman published a revised edition of Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' translation dd 1921; a new translation by Paul Vincent came in 2012.
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- ^ McNary, Dave (2010-08-24). "Verhoeven to helm 'Hidden Force'". Variety. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
Categories:
- 1900 novels
- Novels by Louis Couperus
- Java in fiction
- Novels set in Indonesia
- 1900s novel stubs