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|Name of Book=Illusions of Paradise: A family's experiences of Bali in 1971.
|Original text of book=English
|Photograph=20231113T015239654Z606357.jpg
|Publisher=West Grinstead Publications, London
|Publication date=2009
|ISBN=978-0-9757425-1-8
|Where to buy=West Grinstead Publications
|Information={{Book/Information
|Description of information=By the author: 
In 1971 Bali was unknown to most Australians and Ubud was a quiet country village thck with trees. There was little for visitors to buy and there was no electricity, no TV or radio. Live centred around daily work in the fields and religious festivals. Few spoke English.

We were one of the first western families to being our children and to live in a village compound. It was a safe familier world where they were safe to wander as they chose.

Our girls learned Balinese dance in the puri, we climbed an active volcano, taught at the university and discovered an ancient of ley lines.

This unique collection of 200 of Hilalry's contemporary black-and-white professional photographs show the beauty and simplicity of what has been lost. They deeply moved our Balinese friends when they saw them recently. John's 70 colour photos are of remarkable quality considering their age.

Hilary shows the illusion behind the glamour of modern tourism. This book is rich with local history and the personalities of the people who created the image that Bali was a paradise.

CHAPTERS:
Coming to a foreign land
Hunting for a home
Sarongs for a ceremony
Settling in First interlude …..
The trader – Mads Lange
The emptiness of the western shores
Falling apart
The quiet days that followed
The Dutch colonial rulers and the Rajas
Behind the palace walls
Emily’s other world Second Interlude….
The scholar – Herman van der Tuuk
Spreading out
Exorcising the twins
Playing on motor-bikes Third Interlude ….
The man of influence – Walter Spies
Traditions and magic
Balinese voices, Balinese views Fourth Interlude…. The artist – Gusti Lempad
Cocktails in Sanur
From Tenganan to the east coast
We found we were strangers
Unlocking a family story
Kintamani Fifth Interlude …. Two women – Margaret Mead and K’tut Tantri
Rocks alive and flying
The predominance of the small
The bulls are burning
It’s time to be leaving
A long time later
Bibliography
Endnotes
|Link=https://westgrinstead.com/illusions_of_paradise_Bali.html
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|Author=Hilary James
|Subject=bali culture, Bali life
|Related Places=Place Ubud, Place Sanur, Place Tenganan Pegringsingan, Place Kintamani
|Topic=People and Life
|SummaryTopic=A family's experiences of Bali in 1971
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