Uitverkoop Two Tales of the East Indies: The Last house of the world & The Counseler. – Vuyk, Beb & Friedericy, H.J.

For centuries, women who have lived in inhospitable regions have displayed enormous courage, resourcefulness, self-sufficiency, and determination in their daily lives. The Last House in the World is an autobiographical novel based on the author’s life on the island of Buru in the Moluccas. Beb Vuyk lived in a very remote area, in a house so isolated that it seemed at the edge of the world. Vuyk is particularly effective in describing the loneliness of frontier existence for women and the emotional cost of d…