Word: indonesian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...NOVEMBER 12 massacre of 100 men, women and children in East Timor by the Indonesian army was unusual only because there were American witnesses to the crime. Since Indonesia's 1976 occupation of the island, 200,000 people, or roughly a third of East Timor's population, have been killed by the army or starved by the Indonesian occupiers...
...Indonesian troops opened fire two weeks ago on a crowd of 1,000 marching in memory of a militant student at a cemetery in Dili, the capital of the province. According to various estimates, the soldiers' weapons killed 19 to 200 people...
Perhaps this explains why the book retains the freshness of the spoken word and is extremely accessible. It reads quickly and describes native practice and custom in simple terms. Australian translator Max Lane provides a convenient glossary of frequently used Indonesian words, but one can understand the book without referring...
...instance, even though Minke is aware of the pull of old custom, he is a wholly modern figure. Upon meeting the Nyai--a woman stigmatized in Indonesian society--he wonders, "Should I offer my hand as to a European woman, or should I treat her as a Native woman and ignore...
...though, accessibility is the factor that makes Toer's novel so engaging--his characters' overwhelming humanity and beauty make the book impossible to put down. And the vividness of his description of Indonesian society in transformation creates a political atmosphere that is fascinating...