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‘Buru Island: A Prison Memoir’ now available for English readers

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Buru Island


Written by Jessicha Valentina, originally published in Jakarta Post

Jan 16, 2020

The English translation of Buru Island: A Prison Memoir by Indonesian author Hersri Setiawan has been released by Monash University Publishing. Translated by Jennifer Lindsay, Buru Island: A Prison Memoir is the final book in the Herb Feith Translation series, a program that publishes high-quality non-fiction books not previously available in English.

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