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Amba: Sebuah Novel

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Amba: Sebuah Novel

by Laksmi Pamuntjak

Format: Paperback, Indonesian
496 page(s)
ISBN/ISBN13: 9789792288/9789792288797
Published Oct 01, 2012 by Gramedia Pustaka Utama

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A modern take on the story of Amba and Bhisma from The Mahabharata, set against the backdrop of the Indonesian mass killings of 1965 and the Buru penal colony. The novel is now a national bestseller and has been printed several times since its publication in October 2012.


Other/Related Editions


The Question of Red: A Novel
English / 2014


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News Dhania Putri Sarahtika  in Laksmi Pamuntjak’s ‘Amba’ Sequel to Be Published in Germany (Jakarta Globe, Jul 27, 2018)
Ika Krismantari  in The unfinished story of Amba (Jakarta Post, Jun 27, 2016)
The beautifully written novel by Laksmi Pamuntjak, a poet, food critic, essayist and short story writer, will awaken in you that feeling of being deeply in love again.
— Olin Monteiro

  in Lost Love in ‘Amba’ Never Truly Dies (Jakarta Globe, Oct 24, 2012)
Niken Prathivi  in Laksmi Pamuntjak: Beauty of the abyss (Jakarta Post, Oct 21, 2012)

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