A wide-ranging and beautiful collection of essays from one of world literature’s most important writers. Goenawan Mohamad is one of Indonesia’s foremost public intellectuals, and this translated volume of essaysspanning from 1968 to the present daydemonstrates the breadth of his perceptive and elegant commentary on literature, faith, mythology, politics, and history. Through the worst days of Indonesia's authoritarianism, in the face of the trauma of great violence and the chaos of democratic transition, Goenawan has never lost faith in the act of writing. Many of his essays from In Other Words were first published for Tempo, the Indonesian weekly magazine that he founded in 1971. His writings bring nuance and sympathy to difficult histories, introduce doubt to damaging certainties, and apply clarity of thought and action to times of great upheaval. Activist, journalist, editor, essayist, poet, commentator, theater director, and playwright, Goenawan Mohamad brings an unparalleled and wide-ranging perspective to the world. These essays, translated by his long-time collaborator Jennifer Lindsay, reveal a vision both uniquely Indonesian and completely universal, and indisputably establish him as one of the leading political thinkers and cultural observers in the world today.

In Other Words: 40 Years of Writing on Indonesia

Literature & Fiction

Mohamad, Goenawan

Essays & Correspondence

Arcade

Sidelines: Thought Pieces from Tempo Magazine

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Equinox Pub

In SIDELINES, Indonesian intellectual Goenawan Mohamad reveals an Indonesia which exists beyond the headlines. He writes about identity and change, democracy and freedom, and the meaning of history. This book gives an unrivalled insight into a complex country with a many-layered past. It introduces to Western readers a man of great charm, humor, sophistication. a lover of words and a lover of truth.

Sidelines: Thought pieces from Tempo magazine

History

Asia

Lontar

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