Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal, 1887
- Philippines, #7
- paperback, received as a gift
- Read October 2017
- Rating: 4/5
- Recommended for: Harriet Beecher Stowe fan clubs
Noli Me Tangere: Yesterday’s news
Colonialism
Cuentos Filipinos: Colonialism and condescension
Cuentos Filipinos, Jose Montero y Vidal, 1883, translated by Renan Prado
- Philippines, #5
- Borrowed from SF public library
- Read October 2017
- Rating: 2/5
- Recommended for: Miss Eleanor Lavish
The Black Lake
The Black Lake, Hella Haasse, 1948
- Indonesia, #7
- paperback (received as a gift)
- Read May 2017
- Rating: 4/5
- Recommended for: reformed spoiled brats
The Crocodile: Let’s not accept that history is written by the victors, especially when “victors” means former colonial powers who prefer not to acknowledge the abuses perpetrated under their regimes
The Crocodile, Vincent Eri, 1970
- Papua New Guinea, #2
- Borrowed from SF Library
- Read September 2016
- Rating: 3.5/5
- Recommended for: colonial powers ripe for toppling
Max Havelaar: a selfish, altruistic, mediocre, Dutch work of great Indonesian literature
Max Havelaar, or The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company, Multatuli, 1860
- Indonesia, #3; Netherlands, #5
- Paperback, received as a gift
- Read May 2017
- Rating: 3/5
- Opening line: “I am a coffee broker, and I live at No. 37 Lauriergracht, Amsterdam.”
- Recommended for: contradictarians
Kiki: All These Changes
Kiki: Ten Thousand Years in a Lifetime, Albert Maori Kiki with Ulli Beier, 1968
- Papua New Guinea, #1
- Borrowed from SF Library
- Read September 2016
- Rating: 3/5
- Recommended for: self-starters in search of inspiration
Jazz, Perfume, and the Incident: improvising meaning from brutality
Jazz, Perfume, and the Incident, Seno Gumira Ajidarma, 1996
- Indonesia, #11
- Borrowed from SF Library (via Interlibrary Loan)
- Read: June, 2017
- Rating: 3/5
- Recommended for: conscientious sensualists
East Timor: False starts
Funu: The Unfinished Saga of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, 1987
- East Timor, #1
- Borrowed from SF Library
- Rating: 2/5
- Read: April 2017
- Recommended for: Experts
The Crossing, Luis Cardoso, 1997
- East Timor, #2
- Borrowed from SF Library
- Rating: 3/5
- Read: April 2017
- Recommended for: Exiles
Beloved Land: Stories, Struggles, and Secrets from Timor-Leste, Gordon Peake, 2013
- East Timor, #5
- Borrowed from SF Library
- Rating: 2.5/5
- Read: April 2017
- Recommended for: Expositors
The Alternative: Actually, let’s just stick with option A.
The Alternative, John Selwyn Saunana
- Solomon Islands, #4
- Borrowed from San Francisco State University, via SF public library
- Read September 2016
- Rating: 1.5/5
- Recommended for: petulant opportunists
Nights of Storytelling: Always pay attention to the subheading
Nights of Storytelling: A Cultural History of Kanaky-New Caledonia, Raylene Ramsay, ed., 2011
- New Caledonia, #4
- Borrowed from SF library
- Read: May 2016
- Rating: 3/5
- Recommended for: students
Around the World in 2000 Books 