New Light Through an Old Window
To ABS or not to ABS?that is the question, with sincerest apologies to William Shakespeare.
January 16, 2007
Calon Arang: The Story Of A Woman Sacrificed To PatriarchyPublisher: Saritaksu EditionsExtent: 72 pages, ISBN number 979-96975-9-X
THE above corruption of Shakespeare is just a way of illustrating modern Indonesias seeming inability to give up its fascination with the power of patriarchy, as so definitively illustrated in the new English edition of CALON ARANG, a haunting lyrical prose epic by Toeti Heraty, considered Indonesias foremost feminist
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