Ternate-born Nukila Amal is one of Indonesia's most innovative and imaginative contemporary writers. Her stories - often hilarious, always moving, occasionally heartbreaking, sometimes shocking, but never ordinary - take you on a journey across the archipelago and into the lives of memorable, but … [Read more...]
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Document Shredding Museum
May 25, 2024 by
Indonesian poet Afrizal Malna’s Document Shredding Museum moves from intimate encounters between lovers and friends to mass environmental and semantic destruction, engaging with Javanese literary tradition and the archives of colonial and postcolonial violence. Drawing on a wide array of modes … [Read more...]
Die Leute von Oetimu
May 4, 2024 by
Sergeant Ipi, der junge (und einzige) Dorfpolizist, übt seine Autorität nicht immer gewaltfrei aus. Doch heute hat er alle Männer von Oetimu eingeladen, um am einzigen Fernseher des Dorfes das Finale der Fußball-WM 1998 zu schauen. Er hat etwas zu feiern, nämlich seine Verlobung mit der schönen … [Read more...]
She Wanted To Be a Beauty Queen
April 12, 2024 by
“She dreamt she saw her mother chewing a quid of betel. As she chewed, spittle spurted from her lips and dribbled down her pure white dress, spattering it with blood-red stains. There was something almost sinister about her mother’s behavior, chewing betel and looking about with a wild, hungry … [Read more...]
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