The Forbidden Kingdom

from jcbrunner

Jan Jacob Slauerhoff's colonial world is one of loneliness and brutality. Trade is the exception when a balance of power does not allow violence or theft. In this dog-eat-dog world, Slauerhoff's protagonists struggle to survive far away from home in Macao. He weaves in the story of Portugal's nat...

from Britt84

A very intriguing novel - one that makes you feel you should read it again to really get what was happening. Slauerhoff mixes the historical story of the portuguese traveller and poet Camoës with a modern story of a ship's radiographer with psychological problems. As the novel progresses the stor...

from sushicat

A young noble in 16th century Portugal looks for adventure and boards a ship towards the far east, but the adventure quickly turns sour. A young radio operator on board a ship in the 19th century drifts through life without a plan. Both end up in Macao and somehow their lives merge.This was a ver...

from lest

This is vintage Slauerhoff. No matter what flaws there are, if you give in to the atmosphere of this book - warning: strongly flavoured with doom and despair - you will find yourself completely immersed in no time. The fates of the Portuguese poet Camoes, an unnamed radio operator and the city of...

from lest

This is vintage Slauerhoff. No matter what flaws there are, if you give in to the atmosphere of this book - warning: strongly flavoured with doom and despair - you will find yourself completely immersed in no time. The fates of the Portuguese poet Camoes, an unnamed radio operator and the city of...