by Jonathan Copeland

in consultation with
Ni Wayan Murni

Gateway Books International

• FOR THE INTERESTED TRAVELLER AND STUDENTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES
• DETAILED INTRODUCTION TO BALINESE HISTORY, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE LATEST RESEARCH
• THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT AVAILABLE IN A SINGLE BOOK OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF BALINESE LIFE, INCLUDING RELIGION, OFFERINGS, ARCHITECTURE, MUSIC, DANCE, TEXTILES, DRESS, CARVINGS AND PAINTINGS
• DETAILED EXPLANATIONS OF HOW THINGS ARE MADE, SUCH AS SHADOW PUPPETS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, BALINESE MASKS, PAINTINGS ON GLASS, PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPTS AND TEXTILES
• FASCINATING WESTERN PARALLELS FROM DARWIN TO PALLADIO, FROM THE BIG BANG TO THE TREATMENT OF WITCHES
• RECIPES AND HOW TO EAT LIKE THE BALINESE, INCLUDING BALINESE ETIQUETTE
• SELF-CONTAINED CHAPTERS, FULLY INDEXED FOR EASY REFERENCE
• DETAILED ILLUSTRATIONS BY A BALINESE ARTIST
• GLOSSARY
• EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
  

"Eloquent, enthusiastic, and jargon-free.”

Dr Angela Hobart
Visiting Reader at Goldsmiths College, University of London and Honorary Research Fellow at University College London

“I feel that Secrets of Bali will join the ranks of the definitive and authoritative volumes of reference books for lovers of Bali everywhere.”

Andrew Charles, Writer and Long-Term resident of Bali

“From Balinese Gods to Balinese gamelan, difficult subjects are simply explained in this beautifully written and illustrated work.”

Bill Dalton, author of Bali Handbook, USA

“In Secrets of Bali Jonathan Copeland and Ibu Murni present a wonderfully fast moving account of Bali – from the outside in and from the inside out. Secrets of Bali places Bali into the warp and weft of the rich tapestry of historical context and ever changing contemporary life. It generously offers us a feast of rare and passionate insights from a man who has so obviously fallen in love with Bali and from a woman who, in so many ways, is Bali.”

Dr Rob Goodfellow
Honorary Fellow, University of Wollongong, Australia

"Fortunately for the reader, the author of Secrets of Bali is not in the slightest bit secretive. The outcome is an accessible and wide ranging guide to the island's culture and history. The casual reader can dip into it to answer specific questions, whereas the enthusiast can read with equal pleasure from cover to cover."

Professor Michael Hitchcock
London Metropolitan University

“In Bali they say … when the durians come down the sarongs go up.”
Julia Suryakusuma, author of Sex, Power and Nation