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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Girl from the Coastby Pramoedya Anan Toer
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:From the world-renowned author of The Mute?s Soliloquy and The Buru Quartet comes a heartbreaking novel about innocence and power.
In feudal Java, where both privilege and poverty lived side-by-side, women were little more than chattel. Pramoedya?s The Girl From the Coast tells the story of a beautiful young woman from a fishing village who finds herself in an arranged marriage with a wealthy aristocrat. Forced to leave her parents and home behind, she moves to the city to become the "lady" of her husband?s house. After she becomes pregnant, she learns that she is merely a "practice wife" who will not simply be discarded but will be separated from the child she carries. Pramoedya?s breathtaking literary skill is evident in every word of this book, one of his classic works of fiction made especially poignant because it is based on the life of his own grandmother. Review:"Here is an author half a world away from us whose art and humanity are both so great that we instantly feel we?ve known him — and he us — all our lives." USA Today Review:"Mr. Toer is a master, and a brilliant one, at setting out an intricate web of motivation, character, and emotion." New York Times Review:"Pramoedya Ananta Toer, in addition to being a celebrated dissident, is Indonesia?s Albert Camus." San Francisco Chronicle Review:"As eloquent and sensual as James Baldwin....As hip and smart and bleak and dark as Dashiell Hammett...Pramoedya is a novelist who should get in line for the Nobel Prize." Los Angeles Times Review:"Masterful Indonesian novelist." Harper's Bazaar Review:"In Toer's characteristically simple, fast-paced narrative style, he deftly explores the complex issues arising when the impoverished interact with the privileged and when women become property. The novel's strong sociopolitical commentary explains why the Indonesian government has banned many of Toer's books and incarcerated him for nearly 15 years." Library Journal Synopsis:In feudal Java, where both privilege and poverty lived side-by-side, women were little more than chattel. From the world-renowned author of "The Mute's Soliloquy" and "The Buru Quartet" comes a heartbreaking novel about innocence and power. About the AuthorPramoedya Ananta Toer is a major figure in world literature and is constantly mentioned as a top contender for the Nobel Prize. He is the author of more than 30 books, including The Fugitive, The Buru Quartet, and The Mute?s Soliloquy. His writing has been banned in Indonesia, his native country. He has been profiled in the New Yorker, the New York Times, and other major publications. He is the recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the PEN Freedom-to-Write Award and a Hellman-Hammett Award. He lives in Jakarta.
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