Kelab dalam Swalayan

Let me tell you a few things about the stripper I accidentally met after attending the bridal shower my friends had planned. First, her hair was shoulder-length and red. Second, she offered everything I never dared to desire — passion, recklessness, even spontaneity. Lastly, she knew all … [Read more...]

The Dog Meows, The Cat Barks

I had no idea that the day I lost my foreskin I stumbled into a trap, completely ignorant and unprepared. Sato Reang never wanted to become a pious child. But now Father is dead, and there are no more prayers. Sato can live as he chooses: he eats his fill, pisses on cars, laughs heartily at the … [Read more...]

The Dog Meows, The Cat Barks

A swift, intense novel about a teen rebelling against forced religious conformity in a small Javanese town, The Dog Meows, the Cat Barks ponders that perpetual human question, can we ever really be free? Sato Reang enjoys an idyllic childhood of soccer, fighting crickets, and mischief in his … [Read more...]

Anjing Mengeong, Kucing Menggonggong

Sato Reang enjoys an idyllic childhood of cricket fighting, soccer, and mischief in his small Javanese town–until the day he is circumcised and his observant father forces him into a life of Islamic piety. For years, Sato outwardly obeys his father and even tries to understand him. But all the while … [Read more...]

Mirah dari Banda

Kidnapped from Java, along with her older cousin, five year-old Mirah is taken to the Banda islands where she spends the rest of her life on a nutmeg plantation. She is first taken in as a servant by the Dutch estate owner, then works as a contract nutmeg picker and finally, when his wife leaves … [Read more...]

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