And the fourth novel, Rumah Kaca, reveals the colonial government’s efforts to strike at all activities of the nationalist movement through a meticulous operation of archiving. The archive becomes the radar of the Indies administration, placed everywhere to record anything carried out by movement … [Read more...]
Novel
Jejak Langkah
The presence of this historical novel is not only intended to fill an episode in our nationhood—one situated at a complicated and decisive point of rebirth—but also to address a literary gap, as very few works explore this turbulent period. For that reason, this novel offers us an alternative … [Read more...]
Lusifer! Lusifer!
Many things happened that night that should never have happened. But what else could they do? People believed that Lucifer had possessed the body of Mawarsaron, the 16-year-old girl. There was no other choice: si Iblis Segala Iblis (the Devil of All Devils) had to be cast out. Fourteen members … [Read more...]
Semasa
The two cousins, Coro and Sachi, never imagined they would one day face the moment when Rumah Pandanwangi—the house of their childhood—had to be let go. It was where they grew up, and where their parents once believed life would remain anchored forever. But in their lives, as in everyone else’s, … [Read more...]
Semasa
The two cousins, Coro and Sachi, never imagined they would one day face the moment when Rumah Pandanwangi—the house of their childhood—had to be let go. It was where they grew up, and where their parents once believed life would remain anchored forever. But in their lives, as in everyone else’s, … [Read more...]