Arok of Java Author: Pramoedya Ananta Toer Translator: Max Lane Publisher: Horizon Books, Singapore Pages: xxxii + 387

A HISTORICAL fiction to a greater extent combines realism and legend. This novel tells about the history of Java in the 13th century. In a repressive region, Tumapel, there are rebels among peasants, also a Brahmin priest under the command of Arok. But Arok’s guru, Lohgawe, a respected Brahmin, is the architect. He arrang