Although there have been a number of notable studies on the cultural con ict of 1964–1965 in Indonesia between the Left artististic group Lembaga Kebudajaan Rakjat (Institution of People’s Culture, Lekra), and the liberal Manifes Kebudajaan (Cultural manifesto), which supported the idea of … [Read more...]
Kekerasan Budaya Pasca 1965: Bagaimana Orde Baru Melegitimasi Anti-Komunisme Melalui Sastra dan Film
May 29, 2018 by
The Girl from the Coast
May 19, 2018 by
Pramoedya's The Girl from the Coast tells the story of a beautiful young woman from a fishing village who finds herself in an arranged marriage with a wealthy aristocrat. Forced to leave her parents and home behind, she moves to the city to become the 'lady' of her husband's house. Pramoedya's … [Read more...]
It’s Not an All Night Fair
May 19, 2018 by
Now available for the first time in English, a classic from "a novelist who should get in line for the Nobel Prize" (Los Angeles Times) Pramoedya Ananta Toer is Indonesia's most celebrated writer, with over thirty works of fiction translated into over thirty languages, and the recipient of many … [Read more...]
House of Glass
May 19, 2018 by
HOUSE OF GLASS is the final volume of Pramoedya Ananta Toer's acclaimed BURU quartet, which chronicles the turbulent history of early twentieth-century, Dutch colonial Indonesia through the eyes of Minke, a Dutch-educated Javanese writer. By now, Minke has risen to become a leading dissident and is … [Read more...]
Footsteps
May 19, 2018 by
As the world moves into the twentieth century, Minke, one of the few European-educated Javanese, optimistically starts a new life in a new town: Betawi. With his enrollment in medical school and the opportunity to meet new people, there is every reason to believe that he can leave behind the … [Read more...]
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