| The Atheist: Novel Contributor(s): Mihardja, Achdiat K. (Author), Maguire, Rj (Translator), Darling, Diana (Editor) |
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ISBN: 6029144162 ISBN-13: 9786029144161 Publisher: Lontar Foundation OUR PRICE: $27.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2015 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Religious - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2015310574 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.62 lbs) 214 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Atheis (The Atheist), first published in 1949, portrays the spiritual and intellectual crisis of Hasan, a young Muslim who is raised to be devout but comes to doubt his faith after becoming involved with a group of modern young people. Upon publication, religious thinkers, Marxist-Leninists, as well as anarchists decried the novel for not explaining their ideologies in more detail; but literary figures and many in the general public praised it. The novel, considered to be a masterpiece of modern Indonesian literature, is included in the UNESCO Collection of Representative Literary Works. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mihardja, Achdiat K.: - Achdiat Karta Mihardja, a journalist-cum-literary editor and member of the Socialist Party of Indonesia, was a man of wide intellectual tastes. He studied Western philosophy and in 1950 was one of the founders of LEKRA (Lembaga Kebudayaan Rakyat), a literary and social movement associated with the Indonesian Communist Party. In 1961, after obtaining his advanced degree in adult education, he became a professor of Indonesian literature and language at Australian National University in Canberra where he lived to the remarkable old age of ninety-nine. He was honored by the Indonesian government several times for his service to Indonesian literature. |