Now available in Book - Paperback, from the world-renowned author of The Mute's Soliloquy and The Buru Quartet comes a heartbreaking novel about innocence and power.

Pramoedya'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.

Pramoedya Ananta Toer is a major figure in world literature and is constantly mentioned as a likely recipient of the Nobel Prize. He is the author of more than 30 books, including The Fugitive, The Buru Quartet, and The Mute's Soliloquy. He received numerous literary prizes, including the PEN Freedom-to-Write Award, a Hellman-Hammett Award, and he was a finalist for the Kiriyama Prize. He lives in Jakarta. Willem Samuels also translated The Mute's Soliloquy and The Fugitive.