The Painted Alphabet
Subtitle: A Novel (Graywolf Discovery)
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: October 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781555972141
Subjects: Modern fiction; Indonesia; Farmers; Fiction - General; Fiction; Literary; Fantastic fiction; Adaptations; Bali (Province); Tales
First sentence: ONCE UPON A TIME, deep in the heart of Bali in the village of Mameling, when life was still quiet and all things were in some way holy, each in its particular way, and the knowledge of the holiness of things was common knowledge, there were two brothers - the elder was called Siladri, and the other, Made Kerti.