Books by Claire Holt and John McGlynn (translators)
“I just love this novel. It’s Balzacian in that it shows a vast cross-section of society, from the very poorest garbagemen to the middle-class bureaucrats who get caught up in the exigencies of corruption, to intellectuals, to the highest elected officials. It’s the whole sweep of the capital city in the early years of the Indonesian Republic, and the book really captured that moment for me.” Read more...
Krithika Varagur, Journalist
Interviews where books by Claire Holt and John McGlynn (translators) were recommended
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The Malay Archipelago
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The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia
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Twilight in Jakarta
by Claire Holt and John McGlynn (translators) & Mochtar Lubis -
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Beauty is a Wound
by Annie Tucker (translator) & Eka Kurniawan -
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Rimbaud in Java: The Lost Voyage
by Jamie James
The best books on Indonesia, recommended by Krithika Varagur
The best books on Indonesia, recommended by Krithika Varagur
It’s a beautiful nation of islands with staggering levels of biodiversity. It’s also home to more than a quarter of a billion people, many of them Muslim. And yet, it gets little regular coverage in the western media. Krithika Varagur, journalist and author of The Call, talks us through the books that most inspired and informed her as she reported on Indonesia.
