The Sponger (De uitvreter) and Young Titans (Titaantjes) take place within a circle of young bohemians in the years leading up to the First World War. The Sponger is the story of Japi, a likeable bon vivant, who tries ‘to wither away, to become indifferent to hunger and sleep, to cold and damp,’ but who can also fully enjoy the good things of the world, especially if somebody else foots the bill.
Translation of:
De uitvreter, Titaantjes, Dichtertje
Year of publishing: 1976
Publisher: Penerbit Djambatan; Jakarta
Binding: paperback
Fauzia Tisnamijaya
Fiction
Indonesian
Present in library Dutch Foundation for Literature
J.H.F. Grönloh (1882-1961), the writer who went by the pseudonym Nescio (Latin for I Don’t Know), as co-director of the Holland-Bombay Trading Company in Amsterdam, was not part of the literary world. When he died, only a few people knew that he had even written a book. For many years Nescio was…
