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For the wives of American oil industry workers living in the insulated opulence of Jakarta’s Hotel Borobudur in 1976, the problems are many; and for the Indonesians who get to know them the puzzlements are life-altering. In this hothouse of culture shock, fears and conflicts can change lives in unexpected ways. Just as the shadow plays of Indonesia reveal new facets of old stories in each performance, so too the characters in this rich collection of interrelated stories discover new strengths and old weaknesses.