The Dancer: Novel

by Ahmad Tohari

The Dancer, a trilogy, recounts the tumultuous days of mid-1960s Indonesia. It highlights the lives of Srintil, a dancer, and Rasus, a bewildered young man torn between tradition and political progress. Through experience, both learn the concept of shame and sin: Rasus after he leaves their village and journeys into the world and Srintil when the world finally comes crashing into her remote village. The Dancer gives a ground-level view of the political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6029144219
• ISBN13: 9786029144215
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Lontar Foundation
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"