BitterSweet: The Memoir of a Chinese Indonesian Family in the Twentieth Century

by Pearson, Stuart

• ISBN13: 9780896802643
• ISBN10: 0896802647
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-30
• Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr

Summary

"There are few published accounts of Chinese life in Indonesia, and fewer still written from the perspective of a woman. BitterSweet, prepared for publication by An Sudibjo's son-in-law, will no doubt prove invaluable for scholars of Indonesia and for students of the Chinese diaspora, and it should find a home in the classroom. But beyond this it is an engrossing account of an ordinary person caught up in the tumults of the middle years of the twentieth century, and it deserves to be read."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Stuart Pearson is the son-in-law of An Sudibjo, the subject of BitterSweet.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
List of Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xxi
Acknowledgements	p. xxv
A Note on Spelling and Grammar	p. xxvii
The Voice of An Utari Sudibjo (Tan Sian Nio)
Introduction	p. 3
The Background to My Birth	p. 5
Growing Up (1912-24)	p. 17
A Local Sugar Crisis and Its Aftermath (1924-30)	p. 42
Relocation and Early Career (1930-42)	p. 53
World War II and Japanese Occupation (1942-45)	p. 67
Revolution (1945-49)	p. 89
Independence and Faltering Nationhood (1949-59)	p. 104
Political Instability and Personal Consequences (1959-67)	p. 125
A New Life in Australia (post 1967)	p. 166
Final Statement	p. 200
The Voices of Others
The Voice of Gerda Nielsen	p. 205
The Voice of John Nielsen	p. 211
The Voice of Ingrid Pearson	p. 245
Tan Family Tree	p. 267
Maps	p. 268
Glossary	p. 271
Bibliography	p. 278
Index	p. 281
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