
by Ratih Kumala
Format: Paperback, Indonesian
251 page(s)
ISBN/ISBN13: 6020684458/9786020684451
Published Aug 29, 2025 by Gramedia Pustaka Utama
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Format: Paperback, Indonesian
251 page(s)
ISBN/ISBN13: 6020684458/9786020684451
Published Aug 29, 2025 by Gramedia Pustaka Utama
View on Goodreads | Google Books
Ants for the colony, the colony for the ants.
In a hyper-busy, highly stratified world of ants, marriage has only one purpose: to preserve the colony’s survival. Two queen ants—Queen Gegana and Queen Darojak—compete to become the alpha; the elder refuses to step down, the younger fights for power. The clash between these two factions becomes inevitable, shaking the colony down to its roots.
KOLONI is a fable set in an underground insect world—small, nearly unseen from the surface, often dismissed as insignificant, yet massive, structured, and systematic. A machine with a love letter to corporate grunts. A mirror of the power struggles found in the human world.
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Interview Reza Mardian in In Ratih Kumala’s ‘Koloni’, the revolution is tiny and female (Jakarta Post, Nov 18, 2025)