Indonesia declared independence on August 17, 1945 Driven from the Dutch East Indies when the Japanese landed in 1942, The Netherlands refuses to recognize this declaration and sets out to recover their colony. The Dutch government decides to send a contingent to fight those it calls "terrorists". Among them, Johan Knevel, who was born "in the indies", hopes to regain the lost paradise of his childhood. He is faced with the reality of a war in which no one's hands are clean. ...

Indonesia declared independence on August 17, 1945 Driven from the Dutch East Indies when the Japanese landed in 1942, The Netherlands refuses to recognize this declaration and sets out to recover their colony. The Dutch government decides to send a contingent to fight those it calls "terrorists". Among them, Johan Knevel, who was born "in the indies", hopes to regain the lost paradise of his childhood. He is faced with the reality of a war in which no one's hands are clean. ...

Deskripsi in English Marni is an illiterate Javanese woman who still practices ancestor worship. Through her offerings she finds her gods and puts forth her hopes. She knows nothing of the God brought in from that faraway land. Rahayu is Marni’s daughter, part of a new generation shaped by education and an easier life. She is a firm believer in God and in common sense. She stands against the ancestors, even against her own mother. To Marni, Rahayu is a soulless being. And to Rahayu, Marni is ...

"This is the story of a white woman who lived for fifteen years in Indonesia---living, not visiting---knowing the country and its people, from the highest and the lowest, and sharing their joys and their sorrows."K'tut Tantri was looking for a land of peace and beauty, and found her paradise in Bali. Through the eyes of Prince Anak Agung Nura, she fell in love with the people and its culture, and began what will become a lifelong friendship. When war shattered her languid life in the island of ...