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Feb 1, 2024 | jennybhattwriter.com | Pramoedya Ananta Toer |Max Lane |Jenny Bhatt

This is the first of a series of newsletters as I revisit my notes from a pandemic project of reading historical novels from around the world. #SlowReadingDuring the pandemic, I began a reading project that I hoped would combine my major interests: historical fiction, translated fiction, and travel. The plan was to read a historical novel from each major country in the world and, if I had not already visited it, make a trip there.

Jul 1, 2023 | indonesia.postsen.com | Pramoedya Ananta Toer

-- BandungMobile.id – Why talk the theme of separation feels corny and annoying? It could be because there is a truth that is too giddy to imagine. Especially if this parting involves death and loneliness. Yes, alive not a night market which is always crowded. Leaving never comes the easy way. There are memories of the past that are left behind and often come. Sometimes pleasant moments come, but unfortunately they are only fleeting and painful. Not to mention the regret that must come too late.