MY NIGHT IN THE PLANETARIUM
Book ID/图书代码： 12070015B86362
English Summary/英文概要： On its surface, My Night in the Planetarium is just a modern Indonesian children’s story about one night in the late ’70s that the author, as a seven-year-old, got to spend in the Jakarta planetarium. But it’s actually much more than that. It’s an introduction to the history and culture of Indonesia. It’s about colonialism, revolution, how power corrupts, and how through art and and solidarity liberation can be won.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 从表面看，《天文馆之夜》只是一部印尼现代儿童小说，故事讲述了70年代末，作者（一个7岁的孩子）在雅加达天文馆里度过的一晚。但事实上，小说不仅仅如此，它还是对印尼历史和文化的介绍，书中涉及到殖民主义、革命、当权者腐败以及解放自由是如何通过艺术和团结取得胜利的。(LYR)
Awards/获奖情况：Won the 2017 Freeman Award in Children’s Literature!
《天文馆之夜》语言优美，作者Inno Nagara通过生动的阐述向读者展示了印尼这个国家：我们应该多了解一点的第四大国家。小说从一个年轻男孩的视角出发，以第一人称的口吻讲述，鼓励孩子们勇敢、对新事物充满好奇、敢于发现未知的领域。--MEDEA BENJAMIN
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-60980-700-9
从标题看，这本自传体小说看似是讲述了一个小孩误打误撞闯入了神奇的宇宙空间。然而，书中所揭露的内容却更为黑暗、更为本土化，因为在作者的童年，天文馆成为了印尼政治动荡的避难所。小说叙述直率、略带幽默，作者Nagara以印尼历史概述揭开本书的序幕，包括印尼的种族多样性，荷兰殖民时期，革命等等。
Inno Nagara’s beautifully illustrated My Night in the Planetarium is a delightful narrative about Indonesia: the fourth largest country that we should all know more about. Told from the point of view of himself as a young boy, the story encourages children to be curious, engaged and courageous. What a wonderful lesson about history and people power, written and illustrated with great charm and wit. --MEDEA BENJAMIN
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-60980-700-9
The title of this autobiographical picture book from Nagara (A Is for Activist) might suggest a child awakening to the wonders of the universe. Instead, the book’s revelations are darker and more local, as a planetarium becomes a refuge from political turmoil in the Indonesia of the author’s childhood. Narrating with candor and casual humor, Nagara opens with a swift, context-providing overview of Indonesian history, including its ethnic diversity, colonization by the Dutch (“We Indonesians are really nice, so we let them stay. They stayed for 350 years”), revolution, and strict rule by President Suharto, who is referred to simply as “the General.” Nagara’s father was a playwright, and after an allegorical play about (and critical of) the General gained popularity, Nagara and his parents narrowly avoided capture by soldiers by hiding overnight in a planetarium. Though softened by warm, brush-stroked textures, Nagara’s crisp-edged illustrations maintain a sense of danger and unrest throughout much of the story. It’s a stirring tribute to the power of the arts to challenge injustice, recounted with the confidence of a practiced storyteller. Ages 6–9.(Oct)
MY NIGHT IN THE PLANETARIUM won the 2017 Freeman Award in Children’s Literature!
The Freeman Award recognize quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to an understanding of East and Southeast Asia.
http://nctasia.org/freeman-book-awards/
● 08/05/17 The Gazette - Iowa — Childrens books to show your kids this summer (Includes My Night in the Planetarium)
"Nagara’s story shows how the politics of resistance can be interwoven with family survival and love. While a military dictatorship sounds and is scary and oppressive, from a seven-year-old’s viewpoint, life still happens."
http://www.iexaminer.org/2018/02/start-the-year-of-the-dog-off-with-young-adult-social-justice-books/
About the Author/作者介绍： INNOSANTO NAGARA的新书鼓励孩子们在成长过程中对自己充满信心，成为积极主动的共鸣，热衷环保事业和公民权利。Nagara出生于印尼，并在印尼长大，1988年移居美国。在加利福尼亚大学戴维斯分校攻读动物学和哲学后，他移居旧金山湾区，并在那里从事美术设计工作，之后成立了Design Action Collective——一家位于加利福尼亚的由工人拥有的合作式设计工作室。
NAGARA’s new-wave board books encourage children to grow up with confidence in themselves, and to be proactive citizens who are passionate about causes from environmental issues to LGBTQ rights and civil rights. Nagara was born and raised in Indonesia, and moved to the US in 1988. After studying zoology and philosophy at UC Davis, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he worked as a graphic designer for a range of social change organizations, before founding the Design Action Collective, a worker-owned cooperative design studio in Oakland, California.
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