Sergius Seeks Bacchus
by Norman Erikson Pasaribu
Format: Paperback, Indonesian
86 page(s)
ISBN/ISBN13: /9786020327891
Published Apr 25, 2016 by Gramedia Pustaka Utama
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by Norman Erikson Pasaribu
Format: Paperback, Indonesian
86 page(s)
ISBN/ISBN13: /9786020327891
Published Apr 25, 2016 by Gramedia Pustaka Utama
View on Goodreads | Google Books
Titled after two, fourth-century Christian martyrs whom the gay community has adopted as icons, and comprised of thirty-three poems (the number of poems corresponding to the age at which Christ was crucified), Norman Erikson Pasaribu’s collection draws upon various aspects of his own life—his sexual orientation, his ethnic Bataknese background, his Christian upbringing and grappling with the beliefs thereof, his familial history, history at large—to furnish readers with a new kind of gospel, a bittersweet and tragicomic good news, pieced together from encounters with ridicule, violence, and also, happiness.
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Sergius Seeks Bacchus
English / 2019
Each story behind each poem, each verse and each line sound and feel so devastating. Pasaribu’s personal experiences might not be your experiences, but you will defenitely feel what he has been going through his life.
— Ratih Dwi Astuti in Sergius Mencari Bacchus (Personal Blog, May 05, 2021)
— Ratih Dwi Astuti in Sergius Mencari Bacchus (Personal Blog, May 05, 2021)
Behind Devina Heriyanto in ‘The sound to my voice’: Norman Erikson Pasaribu on translator Tiffany Tsao (Jakarta Post, Jan 22, 2019)
Recos in Reading Indonesia: 30 Books That Will Help You Understand the Southeast Asian Giant (Jakarta Globe, Sep 06, 2018)
Awards Theodora Danek in PEN Translates awards showcase writers from seventeen countries (English PEN, Jul 05, 2018)
Without imagination, invention and progress would not be possible. Through his newly published collection of poetry, Norman showcases the power of imagination for LGBT Indonesians to reclaim their space in society.
— Hendri Yulius in Depiction of struggle of Indonesia’s gays in ‘Sergius Mencari Bacchus’ (Jakarta Post, May 04, 2016)
— Hendri Yulius in Depiction of struggle of Indonesia’s gays in ‘Sergius Mencari Bacchus’ (Jakarta Post, May 04, 2016)
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