Jalan Jalan: A Novel of Indonesia (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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The Guardian Self-published Book of the Month - December 3rd 2014.
Laura has died and Newbie flies to Indonesia to get over his loss. He wants to be someone new. He wants no more painful memories or reminders. No more missing her. The trouble is she has followed him there. Now he has to work out if she really has haunted him, or if she is a figment of a potentially breaking mind.


Club-land bosses, prostitutes, shaman, damaged expats, he meets them all and they all have an effect on his 'new' self. And so do the local mushrooms, the jungle grass, and the dead girlfriend who turns up when she pleases.


Laura believed that time isn't linear, that the past is still there, waiting to be found again. Newbie starts to wonder if she was right.
The story moves between the culturally diverse, sometimes maddening, but always beautiful island of Sumatra in Indonesia, and a small seaside town in England, where Newbie and Laura first meet.


About The Author:
Mike Stoner lives in the UK, but has spent time in Asia and Eastern Europe. As a mature student he graduated with a distinction in the MA in Creative Writing from the University of Kent. He loves writing and intends to do an awful lot more. He is married with two kids and currently lives in the UK.