Di Tempat Kejadian Perkara
Tulisan, refleksi, dan puisi tentang Timor-Leste, 1999-2010
By Pat Walsh - Translated into Indonesian by Mariana Hasbie
Published by Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, Jakarta, October 2012
Paperback, 408 pages

In Indonesian, Di Tempat Kejadian Perkara does not sound as punchy as At the Scene of the Crime, the original title of Pat Walsh’s reflections about East Timor. However, everything told in the original English version, is there for those who prefer to read it in Indonesian. The subtitle Essays, Reflections and Poetry on East Timor also sounds too bland for what the book has to offer.

Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — This was heard at a “live” comedy act: “There are two kinds of Chinese: rich Chinese - and potentially rich Chinese.”

The audience chuckled. How stereotypical and absurd.

But tell me: Which Chinese family doesn’t believe its scions are meant for something greater?

Tash Aw’s latest novel, Five Star Billionaire, charts the lives of five Chinese Malaysian emigrants—a mix of these “two kinds” - to bustling Shanghai, ranked the world’s 16th most expensive city in last year, as they journey along their yellow brick roads.

 

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Hard cover, 123 pages of text with illustrations, 46 pages of Raden Saleh's letters, 35 pages of drawings and sketches, 25 pages of lithographs, 118 pages of paintings, dimensions 35 cm X 25 cm.