Author: NEUMANN, J.B.,
Title: Silama. Een liefde-drama in de Lampongsche Districten. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: Amsterdam, Allert de Lange, [..], 1911. Original publ. cloth. Gilded covertitle with a small gilded device at tail. Gilded title on spine. 291pp. Extensive explanations of local indigenous terms at tail margins, publ. adverts. on 4 unnumbered pp. at rear end. BUUR, PD, 749. Dutch language novel by a dutch protestant missionary posted at the Lampungs, Sumatra, based upon historic events in which an intercultural arranged marriage between a daughte of a local Haji with the Pangeran of Rantau Tjidang; reflecting the controversy between Islam and customary law. Good copy in original publ. cloth. (some minimal wear to spine-ends).

Keywords: literature dutch novel facts customary adat law islam lampungs sumatra intercultural controversy mexed marriage culture heritage indonesia southeastasia buur