It's Not An All Night Fair

Description

Now available for the first time in English, a classic from "a novelist who should get in line for the Nobel Prize" (Los Angeles Times)

Pramoedya Ananta Toer is Indonesia's most celebrated writer, with over thirty works of fiction translated into over thirty languages, and the recipient of many major international awards, including the grand prize in the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize competition, Japan's highest literary honor. Narrated in the first person in Pramoedya's signature style, It's Not an All Night Fair tells the deeply affecting story of a son returning home to central Java to confront the fact of his father's death. Struggling to understand his reticent father, the son embarks on a personal quest to find value and meaning not only in his father's life but also in his own.

About the Author

Pramoedya Ananta Toer was an Indonesian author of novels, short stories, essays, polemics, and histories of his homeland and its people. A well-regarded writer in the West, Pramoedya's outspoken and often politically charged writings faced censorship in his native land during the pre-reformation era. For opposing the policies of both founding president Sukarno, as well as those of its successor, the New Order regime of Suharto, he faced extrajudicial punishment. During the many years in which he suffered imprisonment and house arrest, he became a cause célèbre for advocates of freedom of expression and human rights.Bibliography:* Kranji-Bekasi Jatuh (1947)* Perburuan (The Fugitive) (1950)* Keluarga Gerilya (1950)* Bukan Pasarmalam (1951)* Cerita dari Blora (1952)* Gulat di Jakarta (1953)* Korupsi (Corruption) (1954)* Midah - Si Manis Bergigi Emas (1954)* Cerita Calon Arang (The King, the Witch, and the Priest) (1957)* Hoakiau di Indonesia (1960)* Panggil Aku Kartini Saja I & II (1962)* The Buru Quarteto Bumi Manusia (This Earth of Mankind) (1980)o Anak Semua Bangsa (Child of All Nations) (1980)o Jejak Langkah (Footsteps) (1985)o Rumah Kaca (House of Glass) (1988)* Gadis Pantai (The Girl from the Coast) (1982)* Nyanyi Sunyi Seorang Bisu (A Mute's Soliloquy) (1995)* Arus Balik (1995)* Arok Dedes (1999)* Mangir (1999)* Larasati (2000)