{"product_id":"navel-of-the-world-r-muir-9781441405784","title":"Navel of the World: An Indonesian Odyssey","description":"What could a committed bachelor from San Francisco and a nubile maiden from Jakarta possibly have in common when he moreover is a 'devout' Atheist and she is a 'fickle' Muslim, when he is frugal to a fault and she spends rupiah like royalty, when he is forty-five and she is twenty-eight, when all they've exchanged before Yanti Adiputro meets Nathan Bartholomew Payne at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in late 1993 is a handful of letters intended on Yanti's part to practice English and on Nathan's part to cultivate a contact once adding Indonesia to his round-the-world itinerary? The answer is NOT MUCH. How is it then that this unlikely pair shares two adventure-packed months backpacking across Java, Bali, and Sumatra, defying conventions, overlapping cultures, and realigning stars? The answer to that is what Navel of the World is all about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. Muir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 144140578X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781441405784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.52d","brand":"R. Muir","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935037227263,"sku":"9781441405784","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6dab1d3c-322e-4c47-a205-c498caee7e54.jpg?v=1681417486","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/navel-of-the-world-r-muir-9781441405784","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}