Na Willa and the House in the Alley

Stories

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Na Willa's days are spent happily in her little house in the alley, until, one day, Pak brings some news that will change her life forever...Na Willa is a little girl who likes to ask questions. Why can’t she go home from school right now? Why can’t she play with Farida when she has chickenpox? And, most importantly, why can’t her nose be long and pointy like the people in magazines?Na Willa’s mother, Mak, does her best to explain why each time, and Na Willa’s world keeps expanding. Also, Pak, her father, is back from sea! Now Na Willa couldn’t be happier: playing with her friends, reading new books, and singing along to records. But then one day Pak brings some news that will change her life forever...Based on Reda Gaudiamo’s childhood in the 1960s, Na Willa and the House in the Alley is a collection of stories about a bright, open-hearted girl growing up in the city of Subaraya, in multicultural Indonesia. This is the sequel to The Adventures of Na Willa.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-04-06
Mått130 x 190 x 24 mm
Vikt196 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEmma Press Children's Fiction Books
Antal sidor174
FörlagThe Emma Press
IllustratörHidayat, Cecillia
ISBN9781912915453
ÖversättareMaharsi Degoul, Ikhda Ayuning, Wakeling, Kate

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Reda Gaudiamo is a writer from Jakarta, Indonesia, known for her 'Na Willa' stories. She is also known across Southeast Asia and Europe as a singer and musician through the AriReda duo. Ikhda Ayuning Maharsi Degoul is an Indonesian poet from Surabaya, currently based in Kyoto, Japan. Her debut pamphlet, "Ikhda by Ikhda", was published by the Emma Press in 2014. Her poems have been published in "Mildly Erotic Verse" and "The Emma Press Anthology of Motherhood". She is co-translator of several books from Indonesian into English, including "The Adventures of Na Willa" by Reda Gaudiamo. Kate Wakeling is a poet and musicologist. Her debut poetry collection for children, Moon Juice, won the CLiPPA in 2017 and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Her second collection, Cloud Soup, was shortlisted for the CLiPPA in 2022 and named a book of the month in the Guardian and the Scotsman. A pamphlet of Kate’s poetry for adults, The Rainbow Faults, is published by The Rialto. Kate studied music at Cambridge University and holds a PhD in Balinese gamelan music from SOAS. Cecillia Hidayat is an INFJ who speaks her mind best through her drawings. She spent four years working in advertising agencies before deciding that she’s too old at heart for all the big city hustle and bustle. She was born in Jakarta and now lives in Ubud with her husband. She spends most of her days drawing, walking between ricefields while petting the stray dogs she meets along the way, and watching the ‘Cooking With Dog’ YouTube channel religiously.