{"product_id":"9781922585769","title":"Birth Canal","description":"Author: Wuri, Dias Novita \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922585769 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribe Publications \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 160 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 209mm x 135mm x 14mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling novella from a rising star of Indonesian literature that explores what it means to be a woman - whoever you are, wherever you are, and whenever it is in history and time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn today's Jakarta, an unnamed man tells the story of his lifelong friend Nastiti, and what happened on the day she vanished. In the Dutch East Indies' Semarang, a young Indo-Dutch girl, Rukmini, is captured by the Japanese military and made to be a comfort woman. Years later, Arini - the thread that connects these two - travels to the Netherlands to share her mother's dark past with a researcher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the American occupation of Japan in WWII, an American war photographer falls in love with Hanako, the wife of a traumatised former soldier, but can't escape his own darkness. And in present-day Osaka, a young Indonesian woman, Dara, haunted by her past and struggling to conceive, becomes obsessed with a Japanese porn star.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough these interconnected narratives, Dias Novita Wuri explores generational legacies, lost loves, the damage that war does to men, and the damage that men do to women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The ground beneath the reader is constantly shifting ... \u003ci\u003eBirth Canal\u003c\/i\u003e jumps in time and moves between places of security and insecurity, hiding and transit, literal and metaphorical light and dark ... In the end, this extraordinarily accomplished and profound novel, translated from Indonesian by the author, is about how difficult love can be, and how precious.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Linda Jaivin, \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Indonesian author Dias Novita Wuri is a rising literary star. Her novella \u003ci\u003eBirth Canal\u003c\/i\u003e writhes with talent compressed into a forceful and beguiling suite of interconnected stories ... Wuri's gift for metaphor is matched by a supple and sidewinding narrative construction that follows women across time and place.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eBirth Canal\u003c\/i\u003e was written with a dripping golden pen. Captivating and devastating, the stories of these women are told with truth and love.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Laura McPhee-Browne\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45667913367710,"sku":"UBD-9781922585769","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922585769.jpg?v=1751332501","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922585769","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}