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Oceans of Longing
Nine Stories
Born into a high-status family of the Batak ethnic group indigenous to North Sumatra, Sitor Situmorang (1924–2014) was a Dutch-educated Indonesian nationalist who experienced firsthand the transition from the Dutch East Indies of his youth...
ISBN: 9786162151491
more detailsRed Gerberas
Short Stories
Sitor Situmorang, one of the most celebrated Indonesian literary voices of the twentieth century, claimed that all his work dealt with a single theme—“love and wanderlust,” which are “two aspects of one and the same...
ISBN: 9786162151507
more detailsWhy the Sea Is Full of Salt and Other Vietnamese Folktales
This delightful anthology presents eighteen well-known and much-loved Vietnamese folktales. Originally collected and retold by the prize-winning author Minh Tran Huy, they are here elegantly translated by Harry Aveling. The stories tell of charming princesses,...
ISBN: 9786162151361
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