Over the water / William Lane.
Publication details: Yarraville, Vic. : Transit Lounge Publishing, 2014.Description: 203 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781921924668 (paperback)
- 1921924667 (paperback)
- 823.92 23
- PR9619.4.L36
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | LAN | Available | 057944 |
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Hauntingly beautiful and told with remarkable clarity, Over the Water is the story of an Australian outsider who finds teaching work in Bandung, a city in Java. Seduced by the sights, sounds, and magic of Indonesia, Joe finds himself unwittingly drawn into the lives of three women. Firstly he rents a room in fellow teacher Lisa's house, and discovers that she has a small harem of Indonesian boys living with her. Then there is Danu, a Javanese beauty, who says she is trying to escape an arranged marriage. Danu and Joe find common ground in seeking aspects of themselves 'over the water' - for Danu this means the West, for Joe it means the East.