The cold, controlled rage with which she describes – say – an Indian in England watching a countryman take a beating and turn and flee, makes for occasionally heart-stopping reading.
The remainder of the Dutch ships had fled, making rapid progress towards the coastal shallows.
Pramoedya's art is made more of sadness than of anger, and he is particularly adept at narrating from a child's perspective as when a six-year-old boy sees his best friend, a girl of eight, married off, beaten by her husband, and, after she flees, made a social outcast.
Of course, foreign investors fleeing made matters worse.
His representation of modern life with its confusion, brutality and struggle, all the uncontrolled shouts of pain and ignorance and behind it all the side drum's harsh rhythm as the only disciplining force as the public fled, made a touch of almost diabolic humour.
Looking at this picture, only days after the deeply troubling verdict in the Trayvon Martin -- George Zimmerman trial in Florida, and looking at the look of terror in the faces of the black family fleeing, made me think about two kinds of freedom.
"Instead of forcing insurgents and criminals to flee, the insurgents are forcing innocent people to flee and making life miserable," he said.
Credit markets are drying up, as investors flee risk, making it harder and more expensive for many firms to borrow.
Guanacos react to a puma attack by fleeing and making alarm calls.
