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The World Odyssey of a Balinese Prince Paperback – March 3, 2020

by Idanna Pucci (Author), Dr. A.A. Made Djelantik (Illustrator)
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**Skipping Stones Honor Award Winner**

The true story of a prince from Bali, whose fascinating life was shaped by uncommon events and exotic places.

Born in 1919, Prince Made Djelantik witnessed pivotal moments of history: the twilight of a feudal age, the Second World War in Nazi-occupied Holland, Indonesia's long battle for independence from four hundred years of Dutch colonial rule, and finally, the great changes provoked on his island by unbridled development.

Driven by an early passion for medicine, the prince set sail for Europe on the eve of WWII to study at the University of Amsterdam. His calling then took him to far-flung corners of the planet, where he encountered everything from a pirate ambush in the South China Sea and a night attack by a famished army of rats, to a deadly volcanic eruption and his arrest by Saddam Hussein's secret police. When he returned to Bali in the mid-1970s, his public identity as a doctor took precedence over his royal lineage and he was known simply as "Dr. Djelantik" on the island. The doctor implemented the successful campaign which finally eradicated malaria from Bali and established the island's first hospital.

Author Idanna Pucci's evocative narrative of this unusual life is told in short story form, making The World Odyssey of a Balinese Prince an easy read for anyone who finds themselves dreaming of distant places. More than 40 of Dr. Djelantik's own watercolors—done when he was in his 80s—help to illustrate his adventures in vivid detail.
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    March 3, 2020
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  6. ISBN-10
    0804852596
  7. ISBN-13
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"The temptation of this epic is irresistible! The learning begins and ends with a note that it may be a good idea, in our violent time, to recreate the possibility of joy." -- Goenawan Mohamad, founder of Tempo magazine, essayist, poet, playwright, and author of Faith in Writing

"A must read! With an insider's touch, the author pays homage with her vivid storytelling to the prince's fascinating and dramatic life that spans much of the 20th century--from Bali's feudal times to our global age." -- Jane Perlez, The New York Times, Beijing bureau chief

"This book reminds us how another truth exists within the law of 'cause and effect' in the material world, and this truth is made of luminous coincidences, wonders, and miracles." -- Francesco Clemente, Italian painter, designer and member of the Transvanguardia Movement

"These marvelous stories and illustrations carry the graceful promise that it is possible to be both vividly local and profoundly global." -- Mary Catherine Bateson, cultural anthropologist and author of With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson

"Astonishing! These episodes are swashbuckling adventures and forgotten histories, but perhaps most movingly, the celebration of a decades-long friendship between the author and the protagonist." -- Stephen Lansing, anthropologist, Director of the Complexity Institute, NTU, Singapore, and author of Perfect Order: Recognizing Complexity in Bali

"I celebrate this book and welcome its place in our world; there is so much we can learn within its pages." -- Joesoef Isak, Publisher, Hasta Mitra, PEN International Freedom to Publish Award

"This book offers a great example of how to retell someone's life in a novel format. Instead of taking a linear path, it offers glimpses of the most interesting events in the hero's life. The story comes alive and you feel as if you are standing right there with him on his odyssey through life."--Skipping Stones magazine

About the Author

Since leaving her ancestral home in Florence, Italy, Idanna Pucci pursued her interest in diverse cultures by traveling all over the globe. Various writing assignments for Asia Magazine enabled her to travel throughout the Indonesian Archipelago, Asia and across the Soviet Union on the last steam engine of the Trans-Siberian railway.

During her studies in Comparative Literature at Columbia University, she became intrigued by the ceiling paintings of the Court of Justice in the ancient royal capital of Bali. Her literary quest resulted in the volume The Epic of Life: A Balinese Journey of the Soul (Little, Brown & Co.). She is also the author of Brazza in Congo: A Life and Legacy (Umbrage Editions) and The Lady of Sing Sing (Simon & Schuster).

She has given life to award-winning documentaries such as Black Africa White Marble that sheds light on Central Africa's colonial past and its troubled present; and Talk Radio Tehran about those women in Iran who fulfill their aspirations in spite of the gender-apartheid system that dominates their lives. She lives with her husband in New York City.

Dr. A.A. Made Djelantik (1919-2007) built a string of small clinics in remote corners of the Indonesian archipelago in the turbulent years following the country's independence. Later, he traveled with the World Health Organization to Somalia, Iraq & Afghanistan. He founded a medical school in Bali, as well as the famed Academy of Dance, and authored Balinese Painting and The Birthmark: Memoirs of a Balinese Prince.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tuttle Publishing (March 3, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0804852596
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0804852593
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.8 x 0.7 x 9 inches
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Since leaving her ancestral home in Florence, Italy, IDANNA PUCCI, pursued her interest in diverse cultures through far-flung journeys. Her first stop was New York, where she worked for her uncle, fashion designer Emilio Pucci, who introduced her to Indonesian iconography through his work inspired by Bali and Java.

She soon moved to Bali, where she pursued her interest in myth and the oral tradition. Various assignments for Asia Magazine enabled her to travel throughout South East Asia and Japan, and across the Soviet Union on the last steam engine of the Trans-Siberian railway. During her Comparative Literature studies at Columbia University, she wrote "The Epic of Life" a classic on Balinese culture.

She has produced various documentaries: “Eugenia of Patagonia” on the life of her aunt who founded a town at the end of the world, and served as its legendary mayor for thirty years; “Black Africa White Marble”, inspired by her book "Brazza in Congo: A Life and Legacy" (Umbrage, 2009) that sheds light on Western Africa’s colonial past and its troubled present; and more recently “Talk Radio Tehran” about defiant women in Iran who fulfill their aspirations in spite of the gender-apartheid system that dominates their lives.

She is also the author of "The Lady of Sing: an American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and their Epic Battle for Justice in New York’s Gilded Age" (New Edition, Simon & Schuster, NY, 2020 - with preface by Edgar Morin). It’s the story of her American great-grandmother who shook New York’s Gilded Age in 1895 with the first campaign against the death penalty to save the first woman sentenced to the electric chair, a twenty year old Italian immigrant.

In "The World Odyssey of a Balinese Prince" (Tuttle Publishing, VT 2020) a collection of true stories between East and West with a foreword by Francesco Clemente, she narrates the extraordinary life of a cultural visionary and medical doctor whose daring adventures transcend borders.

Idanna serves as an ambassador of Religions for Peace, the world’s largest interfaith organization. She speaks Italian, English, French, and reasonable Bahasa Indonesia. She resides with her husband between Florence and New York.

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Maria Gina
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a gem of a book filled with many wonders
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2020
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“The World Odyssey of a Balinese Prince” by Idanna Pucci ensorcelled me from its first page. This wise and wonderful book immerses us in the fascinating life of an extraordinary man, the renowned Dr. A.A. Made Djelantik. Born to a royal Balinese family in 1919, Dr. Djelantik was the first Balinese to study medicine in Europe and became a distinguished physician in the field of international public health.

At the age of 80, after the death of his beloved wife and newly retired after a serious illness, Dr. Djelantik took up watercolor painting, which had been a passion of his youth. His colorful, charming paintings reproduced in this this book comprise an illustrated biography, with each watercolor representing a pivotal and ofttimes remarkable episode of the doctor’s long life.

Author Idanna Pucci lived in Bali for decades and has deep appreciation and profound understanding of the complexities of Balinese culture and history. She was a close friend of Dr. Djelantik, who recounted to her the events behind each of the watercolors. Ms. Pucci writes these stories with a deft, light touch that casts a spell. Dr. Djelantik could not have a more attuned and sensitive writer.

Given the world of privilege into which he was born, Dr. Djelantik was an incongruously egalitarian global citizen who remained, in the words of the author,“a repository of myths grounded in in the most ancient spiritual beliefs in the history of mankind.” The lifelong humility and egalitarianism of Dr. Djelantik is encompassed in one final wondrous story; this one isn’t represented by a watercolor painting because it occurred after the doctor’s death. This is a gem of a book filled with many wonders which I'll return to again and again.
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Amit
5.0 out of 5 stars A Lively and Heartwarming (Reading) Journey
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2020
Idanna Pucci’s writing offers a beautiful and heartwarming complement to Made Djenlantik’s glorious illustrations. The drawings, whether comic in nature (the boy peeing off the cliff) or conveying the essence of an anecdote, reel you in to a vast archipelago – full of adventures and spiritual dimensions that defined the life of a Balinese prince. It was particularly enchanting to read of Djelantik’s family, history and escapades as a longtime resident of Bali. For anyone eager to step into an earlier time in Bali, The Strange Destiny of a Balinese Prince offers a unique perspective of place in another era; a particularly suitable and uplifting remedy for readers and Bali-lovers in these travel-challenged times.
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Ivor Elliot
5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary storytelling - this magical journey illuminates and uplifts at every turn!
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2020
Illuminating and mind-opening, overflowing with surprises and revelations. Pucci has created a mesmerizing work of discovery--that evokes wonder and joy of life--in the face of danger and terror. This unusual life journey is perfectly suited for our times, for young and old alike! Evocative illustrations by the protagonist, Dr. Djelantik, open windows onto surreal settings from the royal palace in Bali to the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan. This is a must read for anyone attached to South East Asia, Bali or Indonesia. But more importantly, anyone interested in the human condition and looking for inspiration in life.
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