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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...]

Monsoon Tiger and Other Stories

February 14, 2016 by

Set in nowhere, Monsoon Tiger and Other Stories tells the tale of loneliness and love. "There is no doubt as to the depth and breadth of Rain Chudori’s literary gift. Not only does she have an ear for the music of language, but she also writes with then imbleness, maturity and emotional acuity of … [Read more...]

A Shooting Star & Other Stories

February 9, 2016 by

A Shooting Star & Other Stories: A trilingual edition in English, German and Indonesian. History fascinates in the hands of Iksaka Banu. The stories in this collection feature well-crafted characters acting at key moments in Indonesia’s colonial past. Indonesia’s history has frequently been … [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...]