Pasar (Market)
Description
Author: Kuntowijoyo
Published: Bentang Budaya
Year Published: 1994
Category: Fiction
Novel
Pasar tells the process of inheriting Javanese values and social change in a
sub-district town. Told in a witty but full of meaning. With a socio-literary
approach, perhaps this is the right term to describe this novel. A novel that
portrays social changes in society. What's special is that Kuntowijoyo
describes the rural setting of Java in the 1970s so clearly, the reader feels
nostalgic. The background and setting of the Pasar (Market)
in rural Java is described in such detail, it's
like we are watching a film from the 70s in written form. In addition to the
main strength in the setting and setting, the Pasar (Market) is
also strong in the delivery of moral values that are conveyed in a
non-patronizing manner.