/lit/ - Literature

Ok so this is the only world classic of Dutch literature? How come a country that was so politically and philosophically influential produced no literature of global influence?

Hey I don't know if there are any Dutchfags on /lit/ but I am one, and I wanted to discuss Multatuli's Max Havelaar (of de koffieveiling der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij).

Have you read the most iconic work in Dutch /lit/? I am currently reading it and I am two thirds through. I have to say that it is a bit boring sometimes, but I do like the parts that Droogstoppel wrote and the parts where the writer directly speaks. Droogstoppel is the most based character of the novel. I even think that it is very postmodern. And why is it that Multatuli is one of the few Dutch authors of the 19th century that's still read spontaneously? Also I didn't have to read it in highschool, that's why I'm reading it now. Did you have to read it in highschool?

Is this book read by non-Dutchfags as well?