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254 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1963
"our country's in a mess, our leaders are like drunkards without any sense of responsibility, stealing and plundering a people unable to defend itself - and here we gather from evening to evening to analyse what's wrong with our country. Isn't there anyone here who realises that the sickness of our country has already been analysed and discussed more than enough?"While Indonesia has moved on economically since the days of Sukarno, the recent events of the Covid-19 pandemic and the proposed new jobs legislation to open up the Indonesian economy has ignited rioting and discontent in the streets. Amid the shiny new skyscrapers in Jarkarta, the poor still struggle to make ends meet. Lubis's cri de coeur still resonates some 50 years later.
