People from Oetimu

Oetimu is a small place in the backwoods of East Nusa Tenggara, and the time is the second half of the 1990s. Events in the rest of Indonesia reach even this remote village. Indonesia's colonial rule over East Timor is drawing world attention, the violence between the Indonesian army and Fretilin guerrillas spills into the surrounding region, students are protesting against Suharto, and Brazil faces France in the World Cup final. The novel portrays West Timorese society in all its complications, where church, state and army loom over social life, along with palm liquor and sex.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Politics, Satire (assigned by AI)

Set in

Indonesia, late 1990s

First published

2019 by Marjin Kiri

ISBN

9789791260893 (original)

9781953861986 (Archipelago Books, United States)