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Inez Baranay: A Peripatetic Author Interview by Uma Anyar The ninth Ubud Writers and Readers Festival has ended but Inez Baranay, author of “The Edge of Bali” and ten other books has stayed on in Ubud, reconnecting with the village she first discovered in the 70’s. Inez leads a peripatetic creative life. Like all writers she sits alone in a room to write books, but her writing rooms have been situated in diverse countries. She is a global citizen and place plays an important role in her novels. Inez was born in Naples, Italy of Hungarian parents. The family immigrated to Australia where Inez grew up. When Inez was in her teens her family moved to Malaya. The gypsy in her soul spurred her onto her own travel destinations when she entered her twenties and embarked on her first trip to Bali. She has lived in Papua Guinea and India among other places. She currently resides in Istanbul where she is writing her twelfth book and traveling to teach workshops and promote her books. During the festival I took Inez’s workshop, Practice and Persistence and found her to be a knowledgeable and helpful teacher who understands a great deal about the process of writing and has the ability to convey her knowledge in a succinct and interesting way. Inez also practices Iyengar yoga; her book, “Sun Square Moon: writings on yoga and writing” was first published in India and she now is giving it away as a free e-book that can be downloaded at Smashwords.com. I went to a literary event at Bar Luna Café in order to hear Inez read from her books and talk about her writing practice. In 2004 when I was a newly arrived expat I read “The Edge of Bali”. The Balinese wife in the story wrenched my heart. The book stayed with me. Recently, I wondered if the characters would behave in the same way if Inez were writing the book today. I got the chance to find out when she agreed to this interview. “The Edge of Bali” has just been reissued. Why has your Publisher decided to do this now? Is there a renewed interest in stories set in Bali? And if you were starting to write a novel about Bali ‘post bombing’, would it be very different from your original novel? My publisher found the novel (first published in 1992) was still relevant and would appeal to new readers, and he thinks, as you suggest, that there is a renewed interest in stories set in Bali. I’m happy to see it back in print. A novel inspired by today’s Bali would have to be different. The 2002 bombing would have to be a reference point. And, as I say in the Introduction to the new edition, “Mobile phones and going
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online have altered the ways people find things out or fail to, keep in touch or go missing, have access to information or get confused. Once you factor in ubiquitous Internet and cell phone use, you are in a different universe”. In “ The Edge of Bali” you have a sentence that has intrigued readers: “She had hardly known she was seeking yet she had found.” There is a seeking impulse in this novel, as well as in “With the Tiger”, set in India, which deliberately follows the structure and theme of Somerset Maugham’s renowned novel “The Razor’s Edge”, which was one of the first important novels about a character’s spiritual quest and took Larry, the main protagonist, to India. What about seeking pulls you toward exploring this subject? And why did you write a novel based on Maugham’s story? Writing is a form of constant seeking: for knowledge, selfexpression, and the best way to use a semi-colon. With The Tiger came after my novel Neem Dreams, which is set in India, exploring the clash between tradition and globalization. It took many years and a great deal of research, and when it was published in India, I had not finished with India, or it had not finished with me. I turned to examine the craze for “spiritual” India, and found it began with Maugham’s The Razor’s Edge - before the Beats, the counter-culture or the New Age. The idea came to write a 60–years–later version. It’s partly a social history of that time, and explores, among other things, a Westerner’s changing relationship with India over 20 years and the effect of his seeking on the people in his life. Which of your novels would you like to see made into a movie and would you want to write the screenplay? At Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam I wrote a film adaptation of my novel Neem Dreams. My vampire novel Always Hungry was first written as an original feature film. Most if not all of my novels would make good films, and many have attracted film interest, and some extent of development, though so far none have gone into production. Not all novelists can or want to write for film, but it’s a form I love, and I would want to write the screenplay of any adaptation.
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You have taught creative writing in schools, festivals and non-traditional workshop settings. What about teaching and helping other writers turns you on? Teaching is learning, as any teacher knows. Also, at a point in one’s life it’s time to give others the benefit of your experience. Also, it is a break from the solitude and inwardness of writing. It’s fun to talk about writing with people who care. And probably I like to encourage things I value, like curiosity, courage, and clarity. Please tell us about the next one-day writing workshop you will be offering here in Bali? It’s an all-day workshop on 17 November, for writers of prose fiction and non-fiction, to be held at the Honeymoon Guest house, which supplies lunch as an added attraction. There’ll be a mix of discussion, exercises and Q+A. Writers putting aside the time to focus on their writing issues should find themselves freshly inspired, or at least feel that they’ve spent a day well. Applications to reservations@casalunabali.com or phone + 62 361 973282. More at on my website http://www.inezbaranay.com or on the Honeymoon website http://www.casalunabali.com/ honeymoon-guesthouses/ This sounds like a good opportunity for writers living in Bali. Thank you for your time. C/U/G-14 Nov. 12