Novel – IDWRITERS

Anggadi Tupa: Harvesting the Storm

February 23, 2016 by

The first-ever novel by a Papuan author, this story of generosity, greed, and resilience follows the friendship of Andevavait, a tide-pool blenny; Bohurai, a greedy toad-fish; and Anggereai, an observant striped-crab, as they adventure amongst tidal rock-pools and upon the shore. In this ecological … [Read more...]

Durga/Umayi: A Novel

February 8, 2016 by

This scathingly satirical and hilarious novel, first published in Indonesia in 1991, affords both a blithely irreverent overview of Indonesian history in the Sukarno and Suharto eras and brilliant insights into the postcolonial condition. The story begins in the 1930s, before Indonesia's … [Read more...]

All the World’s a Stage

January 12, 2016 by

There’s no absolut right or wrong in a man’s world. Man cheated each other. There’s no love, only lust. Dream and fantasy are parts of everyday’s reality. All the World’s a Stage explores many faces of human characters, feelings and regrets. And all the decisions that human had to face everyday in a … [Read more...]

Cigarette Girl

December 30, 2015 by

Pak Raja is gravely ill. On his deathbed, he calls the name of a woman who isn’t his wife: Jeng Yah. His three sons, the heirs to the Djagad Raja Clove Cigarette dynasty, are thrown into an uproar and their mother is consumed by jealousy. Racing against time, Lebas, Karim and Tegar go to the most … [Read more...]

Gadis Kretek

December 30, 2015 by

Pak Raja is dying. In his last moments he calls for Jeng Yah, a woman who isn’t his wife. His three children— Lebas, Karim, and Tegar, heirs to Kretek Djagad Raja, a large cigarette factory—are anxious, and the mother burns with jealousy because of her husband’s last request. So begins the search … [Read more...]