The Black Lake, Hella Haasse, 1948
- Indonesia, #7
- paperback (received as a gift)
- Read May 2017
- Rating: 4/5
- Recommended for: reformed spoiled brats
The Black Lake
The Netherlands
Max Havelaar: a selfish, altruistic, mediocre, Dutch work of great Indonesian literature
Max Havelaar, or The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company, Multatuli, 1860
- Indonesia, #3; Netherlands, #5
- Paperback, received as a gift
- Read May 2017
- Rating: 3/5
- Opening line: “I am a coffee broker, and I live at No. 37 Lauriergracht, Amsterdam.”
- Recommended for: contradictarians
Around the World in 2000 Books 