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The Girl from the Coast

The Girl from the Coast

Author(s): Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Location(s): Indonesia

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): early 20th century

Pramoedya’s The Girl from the Coast tells the story of a beautiful young woman from a fishing village who finds herself in an arranged marriage with a wealthy aristocrat. Forced to leave her parents and home behind, she moves to the city to become the ‘lady’ of her husband’s house. Pramoedya’s breathtaking literary skill is evident in every word of this book, one of his classic works of fiction made especially poignant because it is based on the life of his own grandmother.

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