For fans of The Witch Boy and Squished, Lunar Boy is a must-have heartwarming coming-of-age graphic novel about a young boy from the moon who discovers a home in the most unlikely places, from debut twin creators Jes and Cin Wibowo. Indu, a boy from the moon, feels like he doesn’t belong. He … [Read more...]
Prose
Dilan ITB 1997
After six months of studying in Cuba, on March 7, 1997, I finally returned to Indonesia, which was heating up ahead of the election. I was reunited with the political hustle and bustle that colored the atmosphere at that time. I also met Ancika, my girlfriend, four years after my relationship with … [Read more...]
The Colours of Mothers
From the shy little boy whose mother’s flair used to make him blush, to the little girl who found traces of her identity in her mother’s poignant letters, and even to the youngster who withstood years of abuse from her mother—these stories take you from the dusty village of Segue in Mali to Shiraz, … [Read more...]
Kejatuhan dan Hati
The Fall and the Heart by S Rukiah is one of the lesser known classics of the Indonesian revolutionary era and arguably the strongest piece of prose writing by an Indonesian woman author before the 1970s. Rukiah’s account of a young, middle-class woman’s experiences with her lover, her family, and … [Read more...]