Current Book

One of the books I'm currently reading is called This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, a novel set in Java ca. 1898 that deals with such themes as colonialism, culture, and individual and group identity. The book is very good and can be enjoyed on different levels. The story itself is interesting, but the real strength of the novel thus far is its richness of symbolism invovling the aforementioned themes. This book would have been ideal required reading for one of my undergraduate English courses as . it's one of those gems that would certainly inspire lively class discussions over the meaning of this or that in the context of time and place.