INDONESIA: ARCHIPELAGO OF FEAR
Published by Pluto Press
"Andre Vltchek has compiled a stunning record in evoking the reality of the contemporary world, not as perceived through the distorting prisms of power and privilege, but as lived by the myriad victims. He has also not failed to trace the painful – and particularly for the West, shameful – realities to their historical roots. The remarkable scope of his inquiries is illustrated even by the titles of some of his major books: Western Terror: From Potosi to Baghdad, a vast range of topics that he explores with rare insight and understanding; and Exile, his interviews with Indonesia’s great novelist Pramoedya, who spent a large part of his life in internal exile, imprisoned by the murderous and vicious Suharto government in Indonesia, which was greatly admired by the West, and enthusiastically supported in its shocking crimes, after it won approval by carrying out a mass slaughter that the CIA compared to the crimes of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao, and opened up the rich resources of the country to Western exploitation. In the present work, Vltchek brings together decades of research on Indonesia, where he has visited dozens of the islands in the archipelago, some very remote, and interviewed scores of its people. The story he has to tell of brutality, corruption and environmental destruction is shocking – and is in stark contrast to the image of Indonesia conveyed by the mainstream media of a democratic and largely tolerant country." - Noam Chomsky Please click here to order Hardcover edition. Please click here or here to order Paperback edition. |
POINT OF NO RETURN
Published by Mainstay Press
POINT OF NO RETURN shows the world through the eyes of a war correspondent, working in conflict zones avoided by the mainstream media, unveiling the dire state of today’s world, its disparities and brutal post-colonial arrangement – including the imperialist push for Western hegemony. “Point of No Return is one of the great novels of the 21st century. It deserves a wide readership and serious critical appraisal. Over a half century ago, in his important book "American Moderns - From Rebellion to Conformity," the great literary critic Maxwell Geismar noted that "Our best literary work has come from writers who are outside [the dominant] intellectual orbit, where [capitalist] panic has slowly subsided into inertia." Geismar anticipates Vltchek. Point of No Return explodes from that vital realm far beyond hegemonic control.” – Tony Christini “Point of No Return is riveting.” - Paulin Cesari (Le Figaro) “André Vltchek is a writer, the real thing, of the same calibre and breed as Hemingway and Malraux.” - Catherine Merveilleux “Andre Vltchek tells us about a world that few know, even when they think they do. That is because he tells the truth, vividly, with a keen sense of history, and with a perceptive eye that sees past surfaces to reality…” – Noam Chomsky Please click here to order. |
POINT DE NON RETOUR
Published by Editions Yago in Paris.
Karel est grand reporter au Weekly Globe. Il va là où nous ne sommes pas, pour être nos yeux et nos oreilles, pour informer et surtout témoigner. Spectateur privilégié des soubresauts de notre époque, journaliste la fois idéaliste et désinvolte, amateur de femmes et assoiffé d’ivresses, il traque la vérité, passant des… rues de New York aux poussières de Gaza, des hauteurs de Lima aux terrasses du Caire, des guerres civiles d’Indonésie aux insurrections d’Amérique latine. Toujours en équilibre précaire, jusqu’au basculement final. En même temps qu’il essaie de comprendre le monde en crise autour de lui, il tente de débrouiller l’écheveau compliqué de sa vie sentimentale. En marge de ce qui fait son quotidien déraciné et violent s’ébauche une histoire d’amour et se profile l’ombre d’une catastrophe. Please click here to order. LIBERATION LIT
Liberation Lit is a landmark collection of art and criticism of social change: contemporary liberatory fiction and criticism, poetry and visuals.
Please click here to order the book. EXILE: Conversations with Pramoedya Ananta Toer
“Fascinating... endlessly sad.”—Noam Chomsky
In these remarkable interviews with André Vltchek and Rossie Indira, edited by Nagesh Rao, Indonesia’s most celebrated writer speaks out against tyranny and injustice in a young and troubled nation. Toer here discusses personal and political topics he could never before address in public. Toer is best known for his novels comprising the Buru Quartet. The New York Times described his autobiography as a “haunting record of a great writer’s attempt to keep his imagination and his humanity alive under terrible conditions.” Toer is widely considered a strong candidate for the Nobel prize in Literature. Please click here to order the book. South American Handbook 2010
Footprint’s South American Handbook is a legend in travel guide publishing. The one-and-only “Travelers’ Bible” has had its annual overhaul, giving a comprehensive update of everything one ever needed to know about how to discover this fascinating continent. This new edition is unparalleled in its depth of coverage—taking independent travelers from the well-trodden “Gringo Trail” to the wilds of the Andes, up the Amazon River, and onto deserted beaches.
For more than a decade Andre is contributing to this brilliant intellectual travel guide. His entries came from Amazonia, Peru, Venezuela, Easter Island, Chilean and Agrentine Patagonia, as well as from Uruguay. Please click here to order the book. |
OCEANIA
"André Vltchek has compiled a stunning record in evoking the reality of the contemporary world, not as perceived through the distorting prisms of power and privilege, but as lived by the myriad victims. He has also not failed to trace the painful - and particularly for the West, shameful - realities to their historical roots. In this work, Vltchek extends his penetrating gaze to a lovely, desecrated, almost forgotten vast area of the world, Oceania, which he shows to be "a microcosm of almost all major problems faced by our planet. He brings to light the strength and courage of the people, and their achievements, and explores the hopes for decent recovery and survival if the powerful can allow themselves to comprehend what they have done, and to accept the responsibility of actually protecting their victims instead of mouthing comforting and self-serving slogans." - Noam Chomsky
Please click here to order the book. WESTERN TERROR
Western Terror is a book of essays and political commentaries by Andre Vltchek that revisits many complex regional conflicts on our planet, including in the United States, Iraq, India, East Timor, Indonesia, and Latin America.
Please click here to order the book. The Story of Ann
Story of Ann is a short work of fiction written by Andre Vltchek, illustrated by Marina Wiedemann. It is part of Education for All Literacy Promotion Series published by UNESCO. Ann is 35 years old woman, married with two young children living in a capital city in a East African country.
Confronted by the sudden death of her husband of AIDS and the need to make a living to care for her children, with much support from her friends and extended family, Ann embarks on a courageous journey to self discovery though literacy and further learning. Batı Terörü ve Propogandası
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Indonesia: ayer y hoy
Spanish translation of EXILE: Conversation with Pramoedya Ananta Toer Please click here to order the book. Saya Terbakar Amarah Sendirian!
Indonesian version of Exile: Conversation with Pramoedya Ananta Toer |
Pramoedya Ananta Toer: Exile
Korean translation of EXILE: Conversation with Pramoedya Ananta Toer Please click here to order the book. |
