Novel of Barrack Obama's childhood launched

Mon, 03/15/2010 5:28 PM

Indonesian novelist and painter Damien Dematra Monday launched a novel entitled Obama Anak Menteng, or The Menteng's Kid Obama, which tells about President US Barack Obama's childhood in the country.

Obama spent four years of his childhood in the district of Menteng, Central Jakarta, a few decades ago.

Damien said that the novel comprises testimonies of Obama's friends while he was little.

“Obama's biography could inspire many people. He successfully realized the power of dreams. Obama teaches us to always aim high,” he said as quoted by kompas.com at the sidelines of a novel launching at SDN 1 Besuki state elementary school in Menteng, where Obama went to school.

Damien has planned to deliver the novel to Obama, who is scheduled to arrive in Jakarta some time in the third or fourth week of March.