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New Straits Times

08-08-2001

Streets with no shame
Byline: Reviewed by Dina Zaman
Edition: The City Advertiser; 2*
Section: Books
Type: Book review

TALES FROM DJAKARTA By Pramoedya Ananta Toer Equinox Publishing RM39.90, pp266 THERE comes a time a reader may venture into political fiction and visit the worlds of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pablo Neruda and Jose Saramango. (Oh! These Latin American and Portuguese writers! They make war and confli...

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