A Student Named Hijo

A Student Named Hijo has been recognized for depicting a new Indonesian youth culture that has adopted Western cultural and lingual facets. By contrasting traditional Javanese and Dutch cultural values, the author advocated a view that the two are incompatible. This includes love, described in the novel as something only those with a Dutch education would attempt to find; the traditional view being that marriage is to be used for social mobility. Rejected for publication by Balai Pustaka--the Dutch controlled publishing house, the work is now considered a classic.

Product details

• Authors: Marco Kartodikromo
• Publisher: The Lontar Foundation
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2015
• EAN: 9786029144406
• ISBN: 978-602-9144-40-6
• No. of pages: 120
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature