2ĢWhile this is true of some of Sindhunata’s published work the two major novels that were translated for Frankfurt should be accessible to readers outside Indonesia who are prepared to enter sympathetically into the world view they reflect. His writings are so deeply embedded in the social and cultural worlds of the Javanese that a colleague once suggested that it would need a host of academic footnotes to make them accessible in English translation. For Dr Gabriel Possenti Sindhunata SJ, who writes as Sindhunata and is known to many Indonesians simply as Romo (Father) Sindhu, this was an unanticipated opportunity. E (.)ġThe invitation extended to Indonesia to be the Guest Nation at the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair provided an opportunity for some Indonesian writers to see some of their work translated for overseas readers. 2 JMP, “Contextual Theological Reflections in Indonesia 1800-2000,” in John C.
