The Black Lake
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Hella S Haase
The Black Lake is a novel about two boys, one native Indonesian, the other colonial Dutch, from birth to adulthood, who grow up in Indonesia together. It was first published in the Netherlands in 1948 and has only now been translated into English. When it was published it sent shockwaves through Dutch society alerting it to the impact of the country's continued presence in Indonesia.
