Piong Pan Ho: Oorspronkelijke Indische roman

A multi-part novel follows a Chinese trader and the network around him in the Dutch East Indies, tracing his professional ascent, schemes to acquire wealth, shifting business partnerships, and a threatened bankruptcy. Episodes mix commercial detail—negotiations, firm life, and provident strategies—with domestic scenes of courtship, marriage, familial bonds, rivalries, and household conflict. The book alternates plot-driven incidents and social intrigue with quieter passages about loyalty, reconciliation, and the effects of travel, offering an episodic portrait of ambition, interpersonal maneuvering, and the social fabric of a colonial port society.