false 4 102 102 true 6093935 read 0 true 5225199 currently-reading 0 true 5225198 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59384251 Maryamah Karpov: Mimpi-mimpi Lintang (Tetralogi Laskar Pelangi, Buku 4) by Andrea Hirata
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80747264 to: Jalan Berliku Menjadi Orang Indonesia: Kisah Tujuh Perempuan Tionghoa Korban Diskriminasi (paperback) by Rebeka Harsono, Basilius Triharyanto
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59381914 to: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (Paperback) by Elizabeth Gilbert
How an Indonesian like me read this book.

Well, to be honest, this book is really well written. Gilbert is a wonderful writer, she has this with word; charm! And with her witty spontanious and smart way of describing things, she really made this book something fun to read, very cripsy, with such great sense of humor.

I think I understand why this book is a bestseller, beside what I described above as "very well written", this book is so, hmm, what do you call it? Exotic! that's the word!

But, is it good? Yeah, I have to say, yes, this is a good book, full of details and,once again, very well written. But do I like it? The answer is unfortunately a big no. But my reason is very personal, simply because I am Indonesian and I found out that all Indonesians that showed in the book is either stupid, corrupt, abusive, or simply cannot be trusted. The exceptions are only for these two; Yudhi and Mario, but it is because Yudhi's soul is left in NY while Mario is simply a "Balinesse who pretends he is Italian".

I just realized that this book actually is racist, but racism in it appears as something cute, because, as I have mentioned above, the stereotypical in it was shown as "funny" and "entertaining", that made this kind of racism is "harmless", even friendly and peaceful.

I am just curious if anybody here has a similar idea with me?
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/83866-tanya-ttg-novel-bertema-feminisme Surita made a comment in the Goodreads Indonesia group:

halo, slam kenal kawan-kawan,

mo nimbrung nih, kalo penulis Indonesia yg kadar feminisnya kental, saya menjagokan Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim. Memang sih biasanya dalam bentuk cerpen, bukan novel, yg muatan feminismnya tajem.

Beberapa cerpen dia di kumpulan buku Lakon di Kota Kecil (kalo gak salah, ingatan saya udah mulai lapuk. maaf) sangat kuat dengan feminisme Indonesia. Ini istilah sy aja, utk menggambarkan pemberontakan yang sangat lembut. Ada yg pemberontakannya itu berupa menanam bunga di kuburan tokoh yg dia berontaki (spoiler gak nih yah ngasi plotnya begini? sori deh kalo gak boleh, anggep aja anak baru nih hehe)
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Tulisan Ratna itu sama sekali tidak bersolek, cenderung datar, dengan diksi yang sangat bersahaja, tapi menurut saya pemberontakannya sangat sangat kuat. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/159101-program-membaca-sukab-buku-seno-gumira-ajidarma-edisi-khusus Surita made a comment in the Goodreads Indonesia group:

halo mbak Truly, pesan diatas itu buat siapakah? Kalo buat aku, maka bukunya sudah bisa diambil mbak, detil alamat dan nomor telepon pengambilan saya kirimkan melalui pesan di inbox mbak Truly. Kalo tidak ada di inbox mohon kabari ya mbak, biar saya susulkan via japri email. thanks ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/345.Goodreads_Indonesia Surita joined the Goodreads Indonesia group. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59388344 to: Kado Istimewa: Cerpen Pilihan Kompas 1992, by Cerpen Pilihan Kompas
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59388335 to: Anjing-Anjing Menyerbu Kuburan: Kumpulan Cerpen Pilihan Kompas by Cerpen Pilihan Kompas
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