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    A Shooting Star & Other Stories

    Book / Collection of Short Stories


    A Shooting Star & Other Stories

    by Iksaka Banu
    Author: Tjandra Kerton

    Format: Paperback, English
    142 page(s)
    ISBN/ISBN13: /978-602-9144-93-2
    Published Oct 05, 2015 by BTW Books

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    A Shooting Star & Other Stories: A trilingual edition in English, German and Indonesian.

    History fascinates in the hands of Iksaka Banu. The stories in this collection feature
    well-crafted characters acting at key moments in Indonesia’s colonial past.
    Indonesia’s history has frequently been told through Western eyes. Now, Iksaka
    Banu reclaims the past and makes it come alive for today’s readers.


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    Iksaka Banu’s historical fiction is revelatory. His stories overturn the narratives that millions of Indonesians have grown up learning.
    Jyothi Natarajan  Margaret Scott  in History Through Invention: Iksaka Banu’s “Farewell to Hindia” (Margins, Jan 29, 2016)


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