Novel – IDWRITERS

Spaces: Reflections on a Journey

February 25, 2020 by

Spaces is a novel that transforms former political prisoner Putu Oka Sukanta's historical memory – of being imprisoned without trial from 1966 to 1976 and withstanding torture and human rights abuses – into fiction. … [Read more...]

Rahasia Salinem

February 15, 2020 by

Salinem is a courtier, a woman whose life is devoted to tending to the needs of the royal family. Throughout her life, which spanned nearly a century from 1923 to 2013, she struggled with a series of dark events. Only before her death did the mystery of Salinem’s life unfold. … [Read more...]

The Sea Speaks His Name

February 15, 2020 by

The tragic yet inspiring story of a group of friends, all young and idealistic political activists who faced the iron fist of power in the waning days of the Suharto regime, in the late 1990s. In the twilight hours of a day in March, Biru Laut was ambushed by four unknown men. Together with his … [Read more...]

The Wandering

February 15, 2020 by

You’ve grown roots, you’re gathering moss. You’re desperate to escape your boring life teaching English in Jakarta, to go out and see the world. So you make a Faustian pact with a devil, who gives you a gift, and a warning. A pair of red shoes to take you wherever you want to go. You’re forever … [Read more...]

The Majesties

January 25, 2020 by

Originally published in Australia as Under Your Wings. In this riveting tale about the secrets and betrayals that can accompany exorbitant wealth, two sisters from a Chinese-Indonesian family grapple with the past after one of them poisons their entire family. Gwendolyn and Estella have always … [Read more...]