The Girl from the Coast (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Girl from the Coast Tuesday, August 4 2009.

• ramoedya's The Girl from the Coast tells the story of a beautiful young woman from a fishing village who finds herself in an arranged marriage with a wealthy aristocrat. Forced to leave her parents and home behind, she moves to the city to become the 'lady' of her husband's house. Pramoedya's breathtaking literary skill is evident in every word of this book, one of his classic works of fiction made especially poignant because it is based on the life of his own grandmother.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Girl from the Coast Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Pramoedya Ananta Toer: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Girl from the Coast Friday, July 17 2009.

• She was only fourteen at the time, a wisp of a thing.