Stranger in Paradise: An Expatriate’s Diary
First Edition. Signed by Author
42cm x 29.5cm. [52] pages, black and white illustrations, 1 mounted photograph. Side-stapled paper covers.
An Expatriate’s Diary. Made Wijaya (born in Sydney as Michael White, 1953-2016) was a landscape architect who left Sydney for Bali as a break from architectural studies at University of Sydney and stayed, immersing himself in the Balinese culture, consorting with royalty, and in 1975 was renamed Made Wijaya by a priest in a Hindu temple ceremony. This work was his first in his Fotokopi series of architecture/artists books, being a collection of articles recording his observations of life, culture, and architecture in his new home as he attends innumerable religious ceremonies. A detailed record from an expatriate perspective of culture and religion in Bali in the late 1970s. This is the First Edition published in an edition of only 4 numbered and signed copies, with a lengthy inscription from the author on the publication information page together with a gratified passport portrait photograph of the author.
Front cover and preliminary page with author’s inscription detached, the first page also torn from staples but still attached to the top staple, else some minor soiling to covers. Fair Condition.
AU$400.00
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