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Teenage Girl Reading at Hay-on-Wye Book Festival
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    These 13 short stories were written between 1948 and 1956 by Indonesia's premier novelist. Translated into English four years ago, they give a gritty tour of post-independence Jakarta, through the eyes of some of the city's less fortunate residents.

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