by Hella S. Haasse · Singel Uitgeverijen · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789021466866
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«Sleuteloog» is the novel by Hella S. Haasse, published by Singel Uitgeverijen in paperback (196 pages, in Dutch).
A journalist asks art historian Herma Warner for information about Dee Mijers, a childhood friend now known as Mila Wychinska. The assignment forces her to revisit her youth in the Dutch East Indies and confront memories of her friendship, her marriage, and the colonial past.
In 2003 it received the Publieksprijs voor het Nederlandse Boek and the Dirk Martensprijs, and was nominated for the AKO Literatuurprijs.
For readers of historical and literary fiction interested in memory, identity, and the Dutch colonial past.
Hélène "Hella" Serafia Haasse was a Dutch writer, often referred to as the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature, and whose novel Oeroeg (1948) was a staple for generations of Dutch schoolchildren. Her internationally acclaimed magnum opus is Heren van de Thee, translated to The Tea Lords. In 1988 Haasse was chosen to interview the Dutch Queen for her 50th birthday after which celebrated Dutch author Adriaan van Dis called Haasse "the Queen among authors".
