The Jungle School
Author: Butet Manurung
Editors: Gouri Mirpouri and Rosemary King
Translated by: Anya Robertson and Tiro Daenuwy

The Jungle School, Butet Manurung's autobiographical book, may not be for the faint of heart or the opinionated. It contains gritty daily observations of the Orang Rimba (Jungle People) tribe of Jambi, Sumatra, with strokes of gore and many elements of suspense: a bear cub speared to death, a rat skinned alive, and a franti