Half a century ago when Mochtar Lubis' "Twilight in Jakarta" was secreted out of Indonesia and published in London, it was the first Indonesian novel ever to be published in English translation. The novel, a depiction of social and political events in the capital during the run up to a national election, contains a grim cast of characters: corrupt politicians, impotent intellectuals, unprincipled journalists, manipulative Leftists, and impetuous Muslims to name but a few.
Although the novel represents a condemnation of political practices prevalent in Indonesia in the 1950s, readers today...
Half a century ago when Mochtar Lubis' "Twilight in Jakarta" was secreted out of Indonesia and published in London, it was the first Indonesian novel ...
The 1953 publication of Sitor Situmorang's Green Paper Letters pegged him as a rising poet. Six decades later, the writer was still active. The more than one hundred poems in this book were selected from the several thousand he wrote. The main characteristics of Sitor's poetry is the simplicity of its wording and the clarity of its syntax. Sitor's poetry is a poetry of words; they evoke concepts and call up a series of pictures and images. In his poems, we found a poignant blend of personal experience and philosophical reflection.
The 1953 publication of Sitor Situmorang's Green Paper Letters pegged him as a rising poet. Six decades later, the writer was still active. The...
Contains seven works written between 1933 and 2009. These plays are all united by the literary artistry and treatment of social issues that characterize modern Indonesian drama. Contributors include Rita Matu Mona, Armijn Pane, N. Riantiarno, Ratna Sarumpaet, Iwan Simatupang, Luna Vidya, and Putu Wijaya.
Contains seven works written between 1933 and 2009. These plays are all united by the literary artistry and treatment of social issues that characteri...
