And the War Is Over: A Novel (Pegasus Prize for Literature)
by Ismail Marahimin
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Set in a small Sumatran village during the final days of World War II, And the War is Over is a heart-pounding story where the lives of villagers, Japanese soldiers, Dutch prisoners, and Javanese workers intertwine dramatically, though briefly, in a prisoner camp. When a number of Dutch prisoners conceive an escape plan, tensions arise to a point where human relationships take center stage in this widely acclaimed novel.Tags
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Ismail Marahimin is a professor of English literature at the University of Indonesia.
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 899.22133 — Literature & rhetoric Asian Literature Literatures of non-Austronesian languages of Oceania, of Austronesian languages, of miscellaneous languages Malay and Austronesian languages Indonesian languages Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) Indonesian fiction 2000–
- LCC
- PL5089 .M356 .D313 — Language and Literature Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages of Oceania Malayan (Indonesian) languages
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