Deep RiverA group of Japanese tourists journey to the sacred River Ganges, each on a secret personal pilgrimage. Widower Isobe mourns for the devoted wife he neglected; gentle childrens writer Numanda seeks out the bird he believes saved his life; Kiguchi is haunted by his time as a soldier along the Highway of Death; and Mitsuko reconnects with the classmate she tempted away from the church and cruelly discarded. At the softly lapping shores of the river where

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the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) of Burma

Along the way

but at the same time continue the communist revolution’s transformation of their society

social comparison

yakni (1) dinamika pemikiran dan aktivisme umat Islam sejak Perang 6 Hari di Jazirah Arab

Seemingly every few years

fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah’s expulsion

Beginning in the family apartment building where he was born

Common to all these fields was their view of rhythm as a means of organizing time — and of ordering the development of organisms

and find joy as you make discoveries together

These poems strive to leap out of the collection