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novel reflects the lower-classes of Balinese people during the 1920s, including the tendency to gamble. He writes that it also includes messages about the importance of belief in Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa, education, and discourses on the importance of expensive traditional ceremonies.
Release and reception.
"Nemoe Karma" was published by Balai Pustaka, the state-owned publisher of the Dutch East Indies, in 1931. However, contemporary cultural magazines such as "Bhawanegara" and "Djatajoe" do not contain references to it
Nemoe Karma
Nemoe Karma (Finding a Soulmate) is a 1931 novel by I Wayan Gobiah. It is the first Balinese language novel.
Plot.
"Nemoe Karma" opens with Pan Soedana, a widower who enjoys gambling and is deeply in debt. After his debt drives him to divorce his second wife, Men Tirta, Pan Soedana gives Pan Soekreni in Ubud his son, Soedana, to clear his debt. The novel then follows the life of Soedana, who spends his childhood working off his father's