Goena-Goena: Oorspronkelijke roman

A colonial community becomes the setting for a speculative coffee enterprise when a returning planter secures local investment, prompting calculations of profit and social advancement. The narrative shifts between business dealings and domestic scenes, depicting the ambitions and anxieties of investors, the notary’s cautious optimism, and the altered landscape of plantations, railways, and migrant traders. Through interpersonal tensions and everyday detail, the work examines economic speculation, social pretension, and the moral ambiguities that accompany efforts to transform land into wealth.