The Question of Red
by Laksmi Pamuntjak
537 pages· 2013· ISBN 9789792299830
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The Question of Red tells the story of two lovers, Amba and Bhisma, driven apart by one of the bloodiest Communist purges in the 20th century—the massacres that took place in Indonesia between 1965 and 1968, during which nearly one million people were killed.
From rural Java and Yogyakarta to the prison camps of Buru Island (where 12,000 alleged Communists were incarcerated without trial during the Suharto administration), the lives of the central characters interpret the Mahabharata—that timeless allegory of war within a family—with a modern twist.
From rural Java and Yogyakarta to the prison camps of Buru Island (where 12,000 alleged Communists were incarcerated without trial during the Suharto administration), the lives of the central characters interpret the Mahabharata—that timeless allegory of war within a family—with a modern twist.
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