Paperback – IDWRITERS

Saksi Mata

May 2, 2020 by

A journalist cum novelist, Seno Gumira presents history and fiction with a clarity that is more effective than dry, and a somewhat murky story on what actually happened in Timor Leste (formerly Indonesia's province of East Timor). The short stories focus on individuals that become victims of … [Read more...]

There Is No New York Today

May 1, 2020 by

The poetry anthology is launched near the premiere of hit-movie Ada Apa Dengan Cinta? 2 (What's up with love? 2), as some poems of the book were used in the movie. The 80-page book also features photographs of the streets of New York, presented as if the pictures were taken by the movie's main … [Read more...]

The Adventures of Na Willa

May 1, 2020 by

Indonesian author Reda Gaudiamo has created a collection of stories of curious adventures and musings of a multicultural girl growing up in Indonesia with a Javanese mother and a Chinese-Indonesian father. Set in a time when children spent the day outside, listening to Lilis Suryani's songs on the … [Read more...]

The Original Dream

May 1, 2020 by

For Maya, history is like a dream, and her dreams are like a history of her life and how it relates to others. Effortlessly defying and calling into question time and space, Maya inhabits fantastical realities filled with shamans, romantic longing, a daughter’s struggles, and a flying … [Read more...]

Pangeran dari Timur

May 1, 2020 by

The double-plot novel that centers on the life of the great painter Raden Saleh (1811-1880) and the Indonesian intellectuals of the early 20th century is a tragic story of how colonialism and racism let Indonesia’s creative and intellectual minds down in the pre-independence era. The life and … [Read more...]