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Girl of the Southern Sea

February 29, 2020 by

From the time she was a little girl, Nia has dreamed up adventures about the Javanese mythical princess, Dewi Kadita. Now fourteen, Nia would love nothing more than to continue her education and become a writer. But high school costs money her family doesn’t have; everything her father earns selling … [Read more...]

Spaces: Reflections on a Journey

February 25, 2020 by

Spaces is a novel that transforms former political prisoner Putu Oka Sukanta's historical memory – of being imprisoned without trial from 1966 to 1976 and withstanding torture and human rights abuses – into fiction. … [Read more...]

Sergius Seeks Bacchus

February 16, 2020 by

A heartbreaking and humorous rumination on what it means to be in the minority in terms of sexuality, ethnicity, and religion. Drawing on the poet’s life as an openly gay writer of Bataknese descent and Christian background, the collection furnishes readers with an alternative gospel, a book of … [Read more...]

Rahasia Salinem

February 15, 2020 by

Salinem is a courtier, a woman whose life is devoted to tending to the needs of the royal family. Throughout her life, which spanned nearly a century from 1923 to 2013, she struggled with a series of dark events. Only before her death did the mystery of Salinem’s life unfold. … [Read more...]

The Sea Speaks His Name

February 15, 2020 by

The tragic yet inspiring story of a group of friends, all young and idealistic political activists who faced the iron fist of power in the waning days of the Suharto regime, in the late 1990s. In the twilight hours of a day in March, Biru Laut was ambushed by four unknown men. Together with his … [Read more...]