A ROAD WITH NO END

by Mochtar Lubis ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 9, 1970

A novella, at most, with an overextended introduction by its translator, Anthony H. Johns, placing this prominent Indonesian journalist as an activist (in and out of prison for ten years), as the author of Twilight in Djakarta (1964), and somewhat doubtfully alongside of Steinbeck. Certainly this short account which deals with the lacerating, incapacitating fears of Isa, a little musician-teacher, in Djakarta in 1946, is more than tractarian in its objective. Isa who is afraid of everything represents his country as a whole. Thus the non-hero flinches as the more aggressive Hazil appropriates his wife and asserts ""Man as an individual"" via collective means. In the end, however, Hazil is betrayed by the cowardice that Isa will overcome. . . . Within its small range, a sincerity of intention and simplicity of achievement although one can hardly suppress the thought that this road with no end will be bypassed by any average American reader.

Pub Date: March 9, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Regnery

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1970

Categories: FICTION