Politics
Tuesday, June 19, 2001
In 1921, Semaoen wrote a novel, Hikajat Kadiroen (The Story of Kadiroen). This sentence is from the preface: "I hope this story that I have written in prison with tears of misery will be enjoyed by ordinary people, namely all readers and the masses"
It's not known whether "ordinary people" enjoyed it at the time. Actually, the novel was not intended to entertain. It was more like propaganda for the Communist Party than an
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