This anthology of Nukila Amal’s short stories describes the human condition, from day to day routine to extremes: people strolling, taking a break at a coffee bar, boredom, first love, the loneliness of the elderly, and the brutality of wars. The characters in the stories could be anyone or … [Read more...]
Bekisar Merah
April 10, 2015 by
In a village of coconut growers in Central Java during the 1960s, Lasi and Kanjat grow up in a community of nira tappers. Half-Japanese and half-Javanese, beautiful Lasi and Kanjat are schoolmates but kept apart by different economic backgrounds, Kanjat being the son of the buyer of the raw sap the … [Read more...]
Tanah Tabu
April 10, 2015 by
First winner of Sayembara Novel DKJ 2008. In Tanah Tabu, Leksi and her two pets tell the story of grandmother Mabel, a woman from the Dani tribe, born and raised in Papua’s interior. The de Wissels, Dutch missionaries, take the bright eight year old along to the city under the pretense of … [Read more...]
