JAKARTA, Indonesia—Timed to coincide with President Barack Obama’s visit to Indonesia, was a book launch for what has just become the world’s thickest book, “Obama and Pluralism.”
The book is a whopping 5,247 pages, and a record-breaking 34 cm (13.4 inches) thick. It compiles the works of almost 40 people, written over five days and took less than one year to publish.
“For me, this book is [a] very personal creation, “ said the author of “Obama dan pluralisme,” the book’s Indonesian name, Damien Dematra at the launch at the Assisi Foundation in Jakarta on Tuesday. This is Damien’s seventh book about the American president.
Obama began his school career attending grade 1 at St. Francis Assisi Foundation School in Jakarta in 1968.
Damien said that his future plans include making another movie about Obama to be called “Obama from Assisi,” a sequel to “Obama Boy of Menteng.”
Dematra is a highly accomplished and prolific novelist, screenwriter, director, producer, photographer, and painter. He has written 62 novels in both English and Indonesian, 57 scripts for film and TV, and produced 28 films, including “Little Obama.” During his career as a painter he once produced a painting every day for one year.
The previous world record for thickest book was set in 2009 by Agatha Christie’s “Queen of Crime,” the complete collection of Miss Marple stories—12 novels and 20 short stories. That book is 4,032 pages with a spine measuring 32.2 cm (12.6 inches), according to the Guinness World Records website.
Obama was in Indonesia for a much anticipated two-day visit Nov. 9-10.
The book is a whopping 5,247 pages, and a record-breaking 34 cm (13.4 inches) thick. It compiles the works of almost 40 people, written over five days and took less than one year to publish.
“For me, this book is [a] very personal creation, “ said the author of “Obama dan pluralisme,” the book’s Indonesian name, Damien Dematra at the launch at the Assisi Foundation in Jakarta on Tuesday. This is Damien’s seventh book about the American president.
Obama began his school career attending grade 1 at St. Francis Assisi Foundation School in Jakarta in 1968.
Damien said that his future plans include making another movie about Obama to be called “Obama from Assisi,” a sequel to “Obama Boy of Menteng.”
Dematra is a highly accomplished and prolific novelist, screenwriter, director, producer, photographer, and painter. He has written 62 novels in both English and Indonesian, 57 scripts for film and TV, and produced 28 films, including “Little Obama.” During his career as a painter he once produced a painting every day for one year.
The previous world record for thickest book was set in 2009 by Agatha Christie’s “Queen of Crime,” the complete collection of Miss Marple stories—12 novels and 20 short stories. That book is 4,032 pages with a spine measuring 32.2 cm (12.6 inches), according to the Guinness World Records website.
Obama was in Indonesia for a much anticipated two-day visit Nov. 9-10.
