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She Wanted To Be a Beauty Queen
George Quinn
Written by Radhiyya Indra, originally published in Jakarta Post
Oct 23, 2023
She Wanted To Be a Beauty Queen
George Quinn
Written by Radhiyya Indra, originally published in Jakarta Post
Oct 23, 2023
On a strikingly sunny day in the Lontar Foundation office in Bendungan Hilir, Central Jakarta, author George Quinn proudly displayed the Javanese woman on the cover of his new book.
“She’s really fascinating, isn’t she? Her eyes pierce straight into your soul,” Quinn said to The Jakarta Post on Oct. 5.
The book is a compilation of Javanese short stories titled She Wanted to be a Beauty Queen, the first-ever English translation anthology of modern Javanese fiction. It is compiled and translated by George Quinn, an Australian emeritus professor of Javanese literature.
“She’s really fascinating, isn’t she? Her eyes pierce straight into your soul,” Quinn said to The Jakarta Post on Oct. 5.
The book is a compilation of Javanese short stories titled She Wanted to be a Beauty Queen, the first-ever English translation anthology of modern Javanese fiction. It is compiled and translated by George Quinn, an Australian emeritus professor of Javanese literature.
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