About three weeks ago I bought a new book.
The book “Laskar Pelangi” by Andrea Hirata was published in Indonesia for the first time in 2005.
Now, eight years later the translated version is available in Germany. When I was told about the book “Die Regenbogentruppe” I didn’t knew that it was “Laskar Pelangi”. I actually saw the movie (2008) some years ago. That time I couldn’t really understand the whole movie. My Indonesian wasn’t that good at that time and with all the dialects in the movie it was quite difficult to understand everything.
Well time goes by and now I own the german Version.
I started reading the book after I finished an indian book, which I read several times during the last years.
After reading some pages of “The Rainbow Troop” I couldn’t stop reading!
It’s such a good book! The story is amazing and really emotional, you can identify with the persons in the book. It’s a wonderful story about never losing hope and fighting for the things you want.
Hirata tells the story of his childhood on a small island of Indonesia, the troubles they have getting a school education and how his class managed to save their school from closing.
After I finished reading the book I watched the movie again.
And this time I understood everything. Even though they changed a lot of scenes, there were people mentioned who never even once appeared in the book. But it’s still a good movie – especially for those who don’t like reading
Well, I still prefer books and I will always recommend reading books first and afterwards watching the movies.
