Salju Kilimanjaro

Author: Ernest Hemingway , Ursula G. Buditjahja (Translator)

Category: Fiction, literature, classics

Language: Indonesian

Publication Year: 1997

Pages: 315

Description:

This anthology of short stories contains ten tales exploring themes of the meaning of life, emptiness, heroism, love, and the deaths of its characters. These themes are depicted through a variety of personalities, sometimes naive and silly, as well as cowardly.

The author is a Nobel Prize winner in literature for mastering the art of storytelling in modern prose and is also a Pulitzer Prize recipient.

Personal Notes:

Some reviewers have expressed concerns about this version's Indonesian translation, but everything is fine for me. I can still enjoy the nuances Ernest Hemingway intended to convey.

First published January 1, 1936. The Indonesian version was published on May 1, 1997, by Yayasan Obor Indonesia.