Indonesians Who Love English Books discussion

Halo

Nama saya Sammy. Saya orang Australia yg suka film2 dan buku2 Indonesia. Saya belajar bahasa indonesia sejak di high school. Saya udah menikah sama orang Indonesia dan sering ke Jakarta. Si mertua gak bisa bahasa Inggris jadi saya bisa berlatih bahasa Indonesiaku.

Saya mau tanya kalau ada buku2 bagus yg udah diterjemah dalam bahasa inggris? Saya ingin baca. Walaupun saya bisa mengerti 80% bahasa Indonesianya, saya lebih suka baca dalam bahasa inggris.

Buku2 apa yang kalian recommend?

Saya ingin tau karena nanti saya mau ke Jakarta. Mudah2an bisa ke Gramedia dan beli buku (saya berharap ada yg udah diterjemah).

Halo Samantha :)

Setahu saya, Laskar Pelangi karya Andrea Hirata sudah diterjemah dalam bahasa Inggris. Tapi kurang tahu apa ada di Gramedia

Hi Sammy.
Selamat ya udah lancar bahasa Indo nya. :)

I happen to stumble upon “Modern Library of Indonesia” series, dubbed "some of the best and important Indonesian literature from the 20th century to the present day." published by The Lontar Foundation. You could probably get them at Aksara bookstore.

Buku-buku ini bisa dianggap quintessential Indonesian literature dan meskipun saya juga, embarassingly, blm baca semuanya, buku-buku ini udah dianggap timeless classics.

Hey, nice link, Reza, thanks for that!

I speak (an obviously read) Bahasa, but it's great to know that you can get English translation of Indonesian book in Amazon (including Kindle).

All classic books by Pramoedya Ananta Toer also recommended. There's a series called Tetralogi Pulau Buru and I believe those books in english version could found in Kinokuniya Book Store (Plasa Senayan).

Gramedia hanya punya versi Indonesia :)

Semoga menemukan banyak buku menarik ya, Sammy.
It's nice to have an overseas friend who learn Bahasa :)

@Coqueline: Graag gedaan. I saw one of the book in the library at my former Uni a while ago, and only vaguely remembered the name of the series. Just need a little help from google.

Halo Samantha.

Walaupun baru membaca sebagian karya Pramoedya Ananta Toer, saya merekomendasikan semua karya beliau untuk dibaca terutama Tetralogi Pulau Buru. Buku terjemahan dalam bahasa Inggrisnya tidak dijual di Gramedia tetapi di Periplus. Selamat membaca :)

Laskar pelangi versi bahasa inggris dijual kok di gramedia

Negeri Lima Menara (Land of Five Towers) juga sudah ada versi Inggrisnya. :)

I suggest to reas both versions, the original bahasa Indonesia version and the English one. You could also look for English books that had been translated into bahasa Indonesia if you want to improve your bahasa Indonesia skills. There are tons of them.

@Samantha : The Jungle School - I bought the ebook in English. The writer is a scientist who dedicated her life to teach literacy to indigenous people in Indonesia. It is her diary about her journey to 'suku anak dalam' tribe in Sumatera.

Her book is in Bahasa Indonesia as well and it might be written in 'day-to-day' language.

@Samantha: I have just finished free ebook by Indonesian writer The Other Door - it is written in English. You might will enjoy it.

Here are some other English editions of Indonesian books:

* The Question of Red by Laksmi Pamuntjak
* The Years of Voiceless by Okky Madasari
* Saman by Ayu Utami
* The Windows by Fira Basuki

Love traveling book? Naked Traveler also available in English version

More English editions of Indonesian books:

* Beauty Is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan
* Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan
* Home by Leila S. Chudori
* Nirzona by Abidah El Khalieqy

And then there are books from Dalang Publishing, a US publisher that publishes English translations of Indonesian books.

And then GPU has translated a number of its titles into English, which are available at Amazon, such as Okky Madasari's books.

Okky Madasari's!
The Outcast, The Years of the Voiceless, Bound

Leila Chudori's books such as For Nadira and home. Also Pramoedya's Buru Quartet are very recommended

I'm starting a list for this. Anyone cares to help me fill it out?

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...