Indonesia Between Myth and Reality

Observation of the various aspects of Indonesian life and culture which are most fascinating, mysterious and bizarre. It covers a wide spectrum of the interesting diversities in the customs, traditions and spiritual beliefs of some of the 120,000,000 Indonesians who form the biggest nation in South-East Asia. The author, Lee Khoon Choy, who served as Singapore's Ambassador to Indonesia for 4 1/2 years, gives his impressions: with a vivid journalistic touch of the places he visited, the people he met and their cultural background.

Published 1976.

Binding of book is intact. Some shelfwear on dust jacket of book.Sticker on flap of front cover. Tape shadow on flap of back cover. Slight foxing on covers of book. Moderate tanning and foxing on edges of book. Annotations in pen on inside of front cover. Some foxing and several tape shadow on endpapers. Slight foxing and few stains on certain pages, otherwise in good condition. Plates remain intact.