Durga Umayi
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Durga/Umayi
Author | : Y. B. Mangunwijaya |
Publisher | : UBS Publishers' Distributors |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780295983929 |
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The story begins in the 1930s, before Indonesia's independence from Dutch rule, and follows the fortunes of a poor Javanese village woman who becomes a servant in the household of President Sukarno. In a world where speaking truth to power really has no point, she learns the arts of accommodation and does very well for herself. The price she pays is the loss of her identity, her connection to her kin and origins, and her moral standing. Framed by the world of ritual shadow plays -- the.