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Dewi Lestari

Teoksen Paper Boats tekijä

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Tekijän teokset

Paper Boats (2017) 48 kappaletta
Perahu kertas (2009) 19 kappaletta
Supernova: Akar (Supernova) (2002) 18 kappaletta
Supernova : Petir (2004) 14 kappaletta
Madre (2011) 9 kappaletta
Partikel (2001) 6 kappaletta
Supernova (2011) 5 kappaletta
Intelegensi Embun Pagi (2001) 4 kappaletta
Recto Verso (2008) 3 kappaletta
Rapijali (2021) 2 kappaletta
Partikel 1 kappale

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Yleistieto

Virallinen nimi
Lestari, Dewi
Muut nimet
Lestari, Dee
Syntymäaika
1976-01-20
Sukupuoli
female
Kansalaisuus
Indonesia

Jäseniä

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As usual with this series, this was a bit of a struggle because it is written in Indonesian and uses a lot of vocabulary from semantic fields I don't really come across much at work. A colleague did mention that the author is well-known for her "experimental" language, so no doubt that was part of it. I will continue with the rest of the series, but I think I deserve a simpler read next.
 
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Robertgreaves | Aug 15, 2020 |
The adventures of Bodhi wandering through SE Asia.

Unfortunately my memory of the previous book in the series is somewhat vague at this point so I am not at all sure how they fit together or how the various narrative threads are going to join up. Although I bought the next one in the series I don't know when I'll get round to it.
 
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Robertgreaves | Aug 22, 2019 |
I don't think I've ever read another book set in Indonesia and I am not familiar with the fairy tales of the culture, but I suspect that Lestari's book is meant to feel like one to readers who are familiar with them. She also hits all of the tropes of the romance genre here with boy meets girl, they are kept apart because of misunderstandings and other reasons, they renew their friendship and this time nothing stands in their way. It's all very charming if not quite as centered on place as I was hoping.

Keenan's parents have called him home from Amsterdam where he has been living with his grandmother for quite a few years, telling him that it's time he go to university and prepare to take over his father's business rather than continue to dream of a life as a painter. Although he doesn't want to give up his dream and is quite a skilled artist, he is a dutiful and loyal son so he returns as requested, meeting his cousin, his cousin's girlfriend, and the girlfriend's dear friend when they pick him up at the airport. He is immediately captivated by the friend, Kugy, who is outgoing, confident, and unconventional. It turns out they will be at university together and they quickly become close friends themselves. In fact, Kugy, who wants to write fairy tales, lets Keenan read what she has written so far, becoming Keenan's artistic muse. Over the next four years, Keenan and Kugy, who are in the same friend group at school, always miss out on being a couple and then finally lose track of each other as Kugy intentionally distances herself from the group. Both of them go on to try to work in the conventional jobs expected of them even though their respective artistic dreams still haunt them. Their misunderstandings and trouble communicating with each other keep them apart despite the fact that they are clearly perfect for each other and need to be together for their artistic sides to bloom and flourish.

The novel feels like a YA chick lit kind of book and the decisions made by some of the characters are wildly frustrating. But then the reader remembers that they are all so very young and so probably realistically drawn despite the frustrations. There didn't seem to be much grounding this in Indonesian culture although the conceit of Kugy writing her dreams out, folding the paper into paper boats, and sending the dreams out to sea via whatever body of water she could find was rather enchanting. Keenan as a character comes across as very naive and despite his life experiences, he still seems to be mostly so at the end of the book. For both of them, the interpersonal relationships with the secondary characters causes some of the plot tension here but they were quite easily solved in the end. Over all a light and sweet book but perhaps just a bit too easy for all that.
… (lisätietoja)
 
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whitreidtan | Oct 11, 2018 |
To celebrate their 10th anniversary together, Dimas, a writer, and Reuben, a scientist, collaborate on a novel loosely based on a children's story, "The Knight, the Princess, and the Falling Star". Elsewhere in Jakarta the love affair between Ferre, a businessman, and Rana, a married magazine writer, echoes the events in their novel, or is their novel echoing the affair?

Dewi Lestari has fun playing with concepts from quantum physics, chaos theory, and Jungian synchronicity. Linguistically, a bit over my head at times, but I enjoyed it anyway.… (lisätietoja)
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Robertgreaves | Aug 17, 2016 |

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