CAT Mentioned in Utne Magazine
Loss in Translation: America’s view of the world is fogged
by a shortage of literary works from other cultures — by Anjula
Razdan from Utne magazine, May / June 2003 Issue
Ask most Americans what life is like for a person in, say, Indonesia,
and you’re likely to be met with a blank stare. Sure, they
might be able to rattle off a few details from a recent National
Geographic article or offer some thoughts about the ongoing skirmish
with East Timor, but when it comes to the inner life of a typical
Indonesian—her hopes and fears, her stories—most of
us are simply at a loss. And, unfortunately, reveals Aviya Kushner
in the literary magazine Poets & Writers (Nov./Dec. 2002),
even browsing the local bookstore for a novel or memoirs that might
provide a glimpse of Indonesians’ lives won’t turn
up much...
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