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Leila S. Chudori (Jakarta, 1962) is Indonesia's most prominent and outspoken female author & journalist. She has worked at the renowned Indonesian newsmagazine TEMPO since 1989, where she is now Senior Editor. A scholarship recipient, she completed university studies at Trent University in Canada and returned to Indonesia in 1988. Chudori started publishing as a child at the age of 12 in children's magazines, and she is the author of several anthologies of short stories, novels, TV & film scripts, Chudori is considered one of Indonesia's boldest storytellers.

John H. McGlynn, a Wisconsin native, has lived in Jakarta since 1976. He received a masters degree in Indonesian language & literature from Michigan & he has translated or edited over 100 works. Through the Lontar Foundation, which he established with four Indonesian authors in 1987 to promote Indonesian culture internationally through literature, he has edited, translated, and published close to one hundred titles of and on Indonesian literature and culture.

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An epic historical saga, Home expands Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing's scope to delve into Indonesia's tragic 20th century

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Contents

Prologue: On Jalan Sabang, Jakarta, April 1968

I

Dimas Suryo
Paris, May 1968
Hananto Prawiro
Surti Anandari
Terre d'Asile
The Four Pillars

II

Lintang Utara
Paris, April 1998
Narayana Lafebvre
L'irréparable
Ekalaya
Vivienne Deveraux
Blood-Filled Letters
Flâneurs

III

Segara Alam
A Diorama
Bimo Nugroho
The Aji Suryo Family
Faded Pictures
May 1998

Epilogue: Jakarta, June 10, 1998

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