by Hella S. Haasse · El Aleph Editores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788476694930
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«Los señores del té» is a historical novel by Hella S. Haasse, published by El Aleph Editores in paperback (448 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Rudolf Kerkhoven, a young Dutchman who in 1871 finishes his engineering studies and moves to Java, where his family resides, to devote himself to tea cultivation. Through the story of Rudolf Kerkhoven, Hella S. Haasse portrays the customs and society of the era.
This edition belongs to volume 4 of the Ediciones de Bolsillo collection. The original Dutch work is titled 'Heren van de thee'.
For readers of historical fiction and fiction set in colonial Java.
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".
