{"product_id":"against-the-grain-paperback-11","title":"Against the Grain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSuwarsih Djojopuspito\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGeorge A. Fowler\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere was loud knocking on the door, like that of some angry and impatient person... A presentiment made him whisper to Sulastri, \"It may be the police. Get dressed.\" She understood and nodded, her heart pounding. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSudarmo opened the door, and before it was fully opened a very tall Dutchman pushed his way in and sneeringly introduced himself. \"Good morning, my arrival is disturbing, no? I'm from Political Intelligence and I've got to search this house.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSulastri and Sudarmo, the protagonists of Suwarsih Djojopuspito' novel, \u003cem\u003eAgainst the Grain\u003c\/em\u003e, faced the inevitability of such events as teachers in one of the unauthorized (\"wild\") schools of 1930's Java. This strongly autobiographical work depicts the lives of Indonesians, particularly its youth, who were imbued with the ideals of nationalism and independence in the 1930s. But the depiction itself is no starry-eyed portrayal of these people. Suwarsih wrote with unflinching realism and perception of the lives of people in some cases struggling and in others prospering under a colonial system-people of this world, the governing and the governed, whose characters and lives are molded by the prevailing colonial laws and practices and often stunted by a stifling patriarchal tradition. Suwarsih is celebrated as one of the earliest and perhaps the pre-eminent writers of Indonesian feminism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267290415353,"sku":"9786237150244","price":42.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NZKeEU9blP9786237150244.webp?v=1768862775","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/against-the-grain-paperback-11","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}