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The Fortune Teller
Richard I. Mann
其他書名
And Other Stories about Indonesia Today
出版Gateway Books, 1997
ISBN09213336259780921333623
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=AqwyAgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"Husbands may tell wives how tough their lives are 'on the road' but is it always true? And what might some of the wives be up to while their husbands are away? For women who keep their husbands company in Indonesia, is expat life really all 'bliss'? What drives a respectable executive to beat his wife. Why does life get crazy when foreigners go out of their way to be 'nice' to Indonesians and Indonesians bend over backwards to be 'nice' to foreigners? Puppets, viewed from behind a screen, are a tradition in Indonesia and these stories take the foreign reader behind the screen for glimpses of local culture, beliefs and behaviour which are often quite different from first impressions. The stories are aimed at visitors and many foreigners who know Indonesia will find that they strike familiar cords. For newcomers, all the stories provide an entertaining and unique glimpse into aspects of life in Indonesia. Some are told from the point of view of foreigners, others from the point of view of Indonesians. This is the second collection of short stories about Indonesia to be published in modern times by a European. Author, Richard Mann, first visited Indonesia in 1978 and is married to an Indonesian. He has been writing about Indonesia since 1982 and publishing business and tourism books promoting Indonesia since 1987. "--Page 4 of cover.