his collection of letters was written by Raden Adjeng Kartini, the daughter of a Javanese civil servant in the Dutch colonial government. After being granted the rare opportunity to attend a Dutch elementary school, at the age of twelve she went into seclusion in accordance with Indonesian customs for women of nobility prior to marriage. Her letters to Dutch correspondents offer a captivating g…
Maraknya kecenderungan upaya distorsi dan "pengaburan" sejarah dengan menebeng isu-isu primordialisme, khususnya agama, membuat penulis prihatin. Misalnya tentang Majapahit kesultanan Islam, Borobudur peninggalan Nabi Sulaiman, Lamajang dan Tigang Juru kerajaan Islam, yang justru dicetuskan kaum intelektual atau akademisi. Di mana mereka berangkat dari pemahaman yang sempit, demi kepentingan se…
Minke is a young Javanese student of great intelligence and ambition. Living equally among the colonists and colonized of 19th-century Java, he battles against the confines of colonial strictures. It is his love for Annelies that enables him to find the strength to embrace his world.
The House of the Spirits, which introduced Isabel Allende as one of the world’s most gifted storytellers, brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. …