Friends and Exiles: A Memoir of the Nutmeg Isles and the Indonesian Nationalist Movement

by Des Alwi

Book Overview

Des Alwi tells of his childhood on the eastern Indonesian island of Banda, where he was befriended and adopted by the two nationalist leaders, Mohammad Hatta and Sutan Sjahrir, exiled there by the Dutch colonial regime. He describes his experiences on Banda and Java during the Japanese Occupation and his involvement in the underground struggle for Independence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877277443
• ISBN13: 9780877277446
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher