Kitab Kawin (The Book of Mating) offers a more versatile interpretation on women in relationships. It depicts a cruel and tender world not only where desire, longing, and modern perversity go side by side, but also where the realities of women’s lives often include the violence visited upon their … [Read more...]
The Burnished Sun
April 9, 2022 by
This stunning story collection includes two prize-winning novellas along with an impressive range of historical and contemporary stories, all written by characters who yearn to belong and find acceptance. … [Read more...]
Manusia Tanpa Kelamin
March 13, 2022 by
Manusia Tanpa Kelamin is Jane’s second book. Manusia Tanpa Kelamin casually features LGBTQIA+ characters without making a big deal out of their identity. Jane acknowledged that she was inspired by stories of LGBTQIA+ around her. Having first been involved with the Indonesian Women Coalition in … [Read more...]
Happy Stories, Mostly
January 10, 2022 by
Playful, shape-shifting and emotionally charged, Happy Stories, Mostly is a collection of twelve stories that queer the norm. Inspired by Simone Weil’s concept of ‘decreation’, and often drawing on Batak and Christian cultural elements, these tales put queer characters in situations and plots … [Read more...]
People from Bloomington
July 25, 2021 by
An eerie, alienating, yet comic and profoundly sympathetic short story collection about Americans in America by one of Indonesia’s most prominent writers, now in an English translation for its fortieth anniversary, with a foreword by Intan Paramaditha. In these seven stories of The People from … [Read more...]
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