A scorching indictment of colonial power

A searing work of satire by the father of contemporary Dutch literature [MAX HAVELAAR Or, The Coffee Auctions of The Dutch Trading Company]( BY MULTATULI Introduction by Pramoedya Ananta Toer Translated from the Dutch by Ina Rilke and David McKay The catalyst for a political storm in Holland upon its first publication in 1859, Max Havelaar chronicles the experiences of an idealistic Dutch colonial administrator, the novel's title character, and his ultimately unavailing struggle to end the exploitation of the Indonesian peasantry. Max Havelaar, however, is as notable for its art as for its politics. Layering not only different stories but different ways of writing—including plays, poems, lists, letters, and a wild accumulation of notes—to furious, hilarious, and disconcerting effect, Max Havelaar confronts the fixities of power with the protean and subversive energy of the imagination. Multatuli (meaning "I have suffered greatly"), the pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker, a government official in the Dutch East Indies, is regarded as Holland's greatest writer of the nineteenth century. [READ MORE]( For three days only, Max Havelaar will be available at 30% off, along with our other books by Dutch authors: [Amsterdam Stories]( Nescio, translated by Damion Searls [A Posthumous Confession]( Marcellus Emants, translated and with an introduction by J.M. Coetzee [The Ten Thousand Things]( Maria Dermoût, translated and with an introduction by Hans Koning Max Havelaar is the March selection for the NYRB Classics Book Club. If you join the club by March 13, [Max Havelaar]( will be your first selection. You are receiving this message because you signed up for email newsletters from NYRB. You can [choose the types of mailings you wish to receive](: [Update preferences]( New York Review Books 435 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 Not a subscriber? Sign up for our newsletter [here](. [Unsubscribe](