A Student Named Hijo

By Marco Kartodikromo

A Student Named Hijo has been recognized for depicting a new Indonesian youth culture that has adopted Western cultural and lingual facets. By contrasting traditional Javanese and Dutch cultural values, the author advocated a view that the two are incompatible. This includes love, described in the novel as something only those with a Dutch education would attempt to find; the traditional view being that marriage is to be used for social mobility. Rejected for publication by Balai Pustaka--the Dutch controlled publishing house, the work is now considered a classic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6029144405
• ISBN13: 9786029144406
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Lontar Foundation
• Length: 120 Pages