Chaos in Paradise

A book that unfolds the gory tragedy legitimized by religion and masked by culture.

March 21, 2006

The Dark Side of Paradise: Political Violence in Bali Author: Geoffrey Robinson Translator: Arif B. Prasetya Publisher: LKiS-Yogyakarta, January 2006 Extent: xxxvi + 525 pages

GEOFFREY Robinson, through his book The Dark Side of Paradise, observes Bali from a different point of view. Through the 19th and 20th century, the Balinese people were a society easily shattered by inter-caste conflicts, inter-kingdom disputes, and political or ideological

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