5:55 am in Subjects | No Comments
Miskin, banyak anak, Katolik, di era berkuasanya Partai Komunis Hongaria pada akhir tahun 1960an, itulah gambaran singkat keadaan keluarga Anak Kesembilan. Anak-anak ini—dalam satu hal atau lainnya—mempunyai berbagai kelainan seperti cacat bicara, sering sakit kepala, dan sebagainya. Setelah memenangkan kompetisi Rumah untuk Keluarga Besar yang diiklankan di koran Manusia Baru, mereka membangun dan menanti-nantikan kepindahan mereka ke Rumah Besar.
1:58 am in Indonesia, Japan, Sylado, Remy, fiction | No Comments
by Remy Sylado (2003)
A Menadonese child sold by her brother to Shinju in Kembang Jepun, to be trained, disguised, into an out-and-out Japanese geisha during pre-Japanese colonial to post-independence era.
3:05 am in Indonesia, Russia & USSR, biography & memoirs, essays & criticism | 1 Comment
Menjadi Mahasiswa di Uni Soviet
by Koesalah Soebagyo Toer (2003)
A collection of vignettes about his study in the then USSR.
2:01 pm in Indonesia, Language Literature, history | No Comments
Kolonialisme, Budaya Cetak, dan Kesastraan Sunda Abad ke-19
by Mikihiro Moriyama (2003)
Originally published in English as A New Spirit: Sundanese Publishing and the Changing Configuration of Writing in Nineteenth Century West Java.
4:01 am in Indonesia, Peacock, James L., art, history, social science | No Comments
Aspek Sosial & Simbolik Teater Rakyat Indonesia
by James L. Peacock (1968)
Studies the (pre-’65 gestapu) historical, social and artistic importance of this “proletarian drama”, ludruk.
10:50 pm in Indonesia, essays & criticism, history | 2 Comments
by Eka Kurniawan (1999)
A comprehensive basic text on Pram and (his role in) the growth of Socialistic Realism in relation to the global movement as well as local figures/parties.
9:04 pm in Indonesia, Kayam, Umar, current events, essays & criticism | No Comments
by Umar Kayam (2005)
A selection of Kayam’s non-academic, non-specialised writings (mostly essays and reportage) from 1969 to 1999