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...]
Larasati
August 10, 2026 by
Set during the Indonesian Revolution, Larasati tells the story of the dazzling Larasati, Indonesia’s premier star of the silver screen. When war breaks out, she pledges loyalty to the struggle for freedom, seeking to negotiate a place for herself and her art in the male-dominated world of the … [Read more...]
