{"product_id":"bali-in-its-middle-ages-brian-lavery-9780648846697","title":"Bali in its Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eBali, island of many gods, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand long unspoiled by modern obsessions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a hundred years the magnet for hermit artists, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor revelling hippie surfers, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor wide-eyed boomer travellers in their thousands, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand then for the smartly-dressed being served\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea promise of a cheap luxury holiday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not the story of the Bali people\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-that's for the Bali people to be telling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the journal of a foreigner, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean occasional visitor, a \"bule\", \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut a lover of so many chapters in the story of Bali, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat island of romance, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat island with a special place in greater Indonesia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a story that morphs on every journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a record. Defending a history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause time and progress march on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut everything in this visitor's log is untrue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll these stories and vignettes and snippets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll the characters, all the facts, all the events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNone of it happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept for those items, perhaps many, that might be true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of the things in that island's Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Lavery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0648846695\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780648846697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Lavery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.00h x 4.00w x 0.57d","brand":"Brian Lavery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48748303974655,"sku":"9780648846697","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bali-in-its-middle-ages-brian-lavery-9780648846697","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}