{"product_id":"mountains-more-ancient-isna-marifa-9786238831425","title":"Mountains More Ancient","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Shortlisted for the Chommanard International Women's Literary Award 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"When I shut my eyes and my ears fell deaf to the sounds around me, I could visualise my old home: the rustle of the fanlike leaves of the breadfruit tree as they danced in the breeze that rolled down the dormant volcano...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this haunting work of historical fiction, nine-year-old Wulan is torn from her home in Java and carried half a world away to the Cape Colony. Set in 1751, this powerful \u003cstrong\u003eIndonesian historical novel\u003c\/strong\u003e follows a young female protagonist as she and her father, Parto, are enslaved on a farmstead in \u003cstrong\u003ecolonial South Africa\u003c\/strong\u003e, with little hope of ever returning home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Wulan struggles to survive in an unfamiliar land, she clings to the sounds, smells, and beliefs of the world she has lost. Holding fast to their \u003cstrong\u003eJavanese identity\u003c\/strong\u003e, she and her father forge fragile bonds within the multicultural community whose descendants would come to be known as the \u003cstrong\u003eCape Malays\u003c\/strong\u003e. In doing so, the novel illuminates a little-known chapter of \u003cstrong\u003eJava slavery history\u003c\/strong\u003e, tracing the human story behind the Cape Malay origins and the early \u003cstrong\u003eJavanese diaspora\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth a moving \u003cstrong\u003eCape Colony novel \u003c\/strong\u003eand a work of literary historical fiction, \u003cem\u003eMountains More Ancient\u003c\/em\u003e is the first novel to center the \u003cstrong\u003eIndonesian experience of slavery in South Africa\u003c\/strong\u003e. Richly evocative and deeply humane, this \u003cstrong\u003e18th century historical fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e explores exile, memory, identity, and survival through a timeless story of love, loss, and longing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Isna Marifa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 6238831421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9786238831425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kabar Media Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.67w x 0.45d","brand":"Isna Marifa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665455583487,"sku":"9786238831425","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5010ea46-cebc-4371-b1b8-32d6417481f5.jpg?v=1792012064","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mountains-more-ancient-isna-marifa-9786238831425","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}