HASTA MITRA was the name of a publisher of books on Indonesia, founded by Hasjim Rachman, Joesoef Isak, and Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesia three political prisoners who were exiled on the island of Buru. ... ?I didn't go to college?, she later explained, ?I ran away from a wretched alcoholic home and went to work on a hotel giveaway magazine.? When she later applied for a job at The New York Times, she ?correctly felt that my life depended on it. ...
