Librería: Antiquarianbooksellers GEMILANG, Bredevoort, Holanda
Amsterdam, Meulenhoff, [Cop.], 1999. 8°. Original limp wrappers. Covertitle in bold white type with a coloured illustration at tail. 283pp. Small monochrome head-pieces in Dayak art style, small copationed monochrome portrait of author taken from a newspaper, pasted on ti.-p., synopsis on lower outer cover, table of conents. Dutch language autobiography Riska Orpa Sari, a young Kalimanta Dayak woman, born in kudangan village, Lamandau river basin, innermost central Kalimantan or Indonesian Borneo. As a teenage Riska moved to the more worldly Coastal Area of Kalimantan after heavy logging that destroyed the complete ecosystem and hunting grounds of the local population, Her experiences and recollections include contatacts with missionary priests and teachers leading to her christianization. A very interesting autobiography. Paperback edition (as orig. publ.). Very good copy.