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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9789793780115 ISBN: 9793780118 Label: Equinox Publishing Manufacturer: Equinox Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 184 Publication Date: August 15, 2005 Publisher: Equinox Publishing Studio: Equinox Publishing Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Saman is a story filtered through the lives of its feisty female protagonists and the enigmatic "hero" Saman. It is at once an exposé of the oppression of plantation workers in South Sumatra, a lyrical quest to understand the place of religion and spirituality in contemporary lives, a playful exploration of female sexuality and a story about love in all its guises, while touching on all of Indonesias taboos: extramarital sex, political repression and the relationship between Christians and Muslims. Saman has taken the Indonesian literary world by storm and sold over 150,000 copies in the Indonesian language, and is now available for the first time in English. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Disappointing Novel From Great ActivistWhen the democracy dust settles, it will be interesting to see how this novel is viewed, because I think most of the pizazz of Saman is in its timeliness. Ayu Utami is a gifted social activist and journalist, in addition to being a novelist. She deserves a platform. Maybe the problems with Saman can be traced to the translation work (not hers), but it is at best uneven and at worst an odd confusion of voices. Certainly, Utami was able to write this in Indonesian for Indonesians ... Read More Rating:  - FreedomIn this slowly starting and loosely constructed novel, the key theme is freedom: the collective and individual struggle to be oneself and free. It is a battle for economic freedom: 'If the company wants to turn the failed rubber plantations into palm oil plantations, let them. But don't let them touch our trees.' The free peasants fight against forced cultivation and outrageous deceit and fraud. A battle for social freedom: worker's rights and the protection of the poor, who are perpetually ... Read More 
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