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Known only as The Girl from the Coast, Toer's grandmother lived in a small Javanese fishing village around the turn of the 19th century. Her exceptional beauty caught the attention of the Bendoro, a noble from the nearby city of Rembang. Since she would otherwise face a life of extreme hardship and poverty, the girl's parents agree to marry her off, sight unseen, to the Bendoro. She is quickly transported off to a world literally and figuratively miles away from her village. Toer masterfully inv
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