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Tango & Sadimin

November 20, 2023 by

What is fate? A decision you make to extend your life, which, when forgotten, transforms into an iron necklace hanging the remainder of your life. The Cimanduy River is always damp, shrouded in dark mist and surrounded by a thicket of large trees along its banks. The calm current holds sand that … [Read more...]

Keluarga Kudus: Cerpen Pilihan Kompas 2021

November 20, 2023 by

The short stories in this book, including those published by Kompas throughout the year 2021, reflect selected experiences that often leave us astonished. Religious institutions, always 'close' to the morality of divinity, turn out to be the epicenter of the birth of a hypocritical society. Events … [Read more...]

Love, Lies and Indomee

November 18, 2023 by

Independent career woman Ratu needs a boyfriend—now. She can’t stand her mother’s nagging, and she’d rather die than be forced into an arranged marriage. Taking matters into her own hands, she trawls the internet in hopes of finding her dream man: tall, slim and look like a model. So when she meets … [Read more...]

Rumah Dukkha

November 16, 2023 by

Although the events of the mass human rights violations in 1965-1966 occurred five decades ago, it does not mean that Indonesia has healed from the wounds it caused. "Rumah Dukkha" gathers 20 stories that question and draw from the post-traumatic conditions experienced and narrated by the victims of … [Read more...]

Jejak Balak

November 15, 2023 by

Dima Sawitri's first assignment as a journalist in Kaba Jorong led her to a case involving the deaths of two illegal loggers. The police suspected that the two loggers died from fatal tiger attacks. However, as Dima investigated the case with Timur, her colleague, the number of casualties … [Read more...]