Home
Leila S. Chudori
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
4.28
· 18 ratings · 512 pages · Published: 01 Dec 2012
"An epic saga of families and friends entangled in the cruel snare of history" (Time Magazine) Home examines the tragedy of political exiles during Suharto's regime (1965-1998) forced out of Indonesia after the 1965 massacre of presumed leftists and sympathizers, alternating between Paris and Jakarta, delving into the lives of the exiles, their families and friends. A story of longing, lust, and betrayal, but also love, laughter, adventure, and mouthwatering descriptions of Indonesian food, Home further illuminates Indonesia's tragic twentieth-century history made known in the West by the Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing.
Leila S. Chudori is Indonesia's most prominent female journalist. Home is her debut novel and won Indonesia's most important literary prize in 2013.
Tagged as:
- romance 4
- historical 3
- historical fiction 3
- literary fiction 3
- family 2
- political 2
- drama 1
- Add topics
- format - reader age
- book 1
- adult fiction 1