Described by the socialist literary critic Bakri Siregar as Hamka's best work, the work came under fire in 1962 because of similarities between it and Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr's Sous les Tilleuls ( Under the Limes 1832). Originally released as a serial, Van der Wijck was republished as a novel after favourable popular reception. Hamka, an Islamic scholar who disapproved of Minang adat (traditions), wrote Van der Wijck as a critique of the discrimination against mixed-race persons prevalent in Minang society at the time, as well as the subservient role of women. It follows the failed love between Zainuddin, a mixed-race man, and Hayati, a pure Minang woman. Tenggelamnja Kapal van der Wijck ( The Sinking of the van der Wijck) is an Indonesian serial and later novel by Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah (Hamka 1908–1981) published in 1938.
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