A landmark novel, The Weaverbirds is a tale of both physical and spiritual struggle, spanning the formative days of Indonesian independence and the Indonesian oil crisis in the mid-1970s. Larasati, the precocious daughter of Mr and Mrs Antana, and Setadewa, the army-brat son of Captain and Mrs Brajabasuki, are childhood playmates, but as adults they find themselves on opposite sides of the political spectrum. The tactics that these two very different individuals adopt in dealing with the problems that beset their country and their personal relationship offer guidance to survival in a chaotic world
Yusuf Bilyarta Mangunwijaya. Lahir di Ambarawa, 6 Mei 1929. Pada tahun 1959 menyelesaikan pendidikannya di Institut Filsafat dan Teologi Sancti Pauli, Yogyakarta. Tahun 1966 menyelesaikan Sekolah Teknik Tinggi Rhein, Westfalen, Aachen, Republik Federasi Jerman. Dia telah menyelesaikan sekolah di Fellow of Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, Aspen, Colorado, USA.