Ешь, молись, люби

Chapter 80

           Luredbyreportsofotherworldlybeautyandserenity,somereallyA-listtouristsstartedvisitingtheisland-artistslikeWalterSpies,writerslikeNoelCoward,dancerslikeClaireHolt,actorslikeCharlieChaplin,scholarslikeMargaretMead(who,despiteallthenakedbreasts,wiselycalledBalinesecivilizationonwhatittrulywas,asocietyasprimasVictorianEngland:"Notanounceoffreelibidointhewholeculture.")

           Thepartyendedinthe1940swhentheworldwenttowar.TheJapaneseinvadedIndonesia,andtheblissfulexpatriatesintheirBalinesegardenswiththeirprettyhouseboyswereforcedtoflee.InthestruggleforIndonesianindependencewhichfollowedthewar,Balibecamejustasdividedandviolentastherestofthearchipelago,andbythe1950s(reportsastudycalledBali:ParadiseInvented)ifaWesternerdaredvisitBaliatall,hemighthavebeenwisetosleepwithagununderhispillow.Inthe1960s,thestruggleforpowerturnedallofIndonesiaintoabattlefieldbetweenNationalistsandCommunists.AfteracoupattemptinJakartain1965,NationalistsoldiersweresenttoBaliwiththenamesofeverysuspectedCommunistontheisland.Overthecourseofaboutaweek,aidedbythelocalpoliceandvillageauthoritiesateverystep,theNationalistforcessteadilymurderedtheirwaythrougheverytownship.Somethinglike100,000corpseschokedthebeautifulriversofBaliwhenthekillingspreewasover.

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