In the novel Sobary talks about 'absurdity". For him, the social world has a structure that seems to be well organised, its patterns easily recognised, its rules well defined, such as the bureaucracy; but in reality the paths of human lives do not necessarily follow strictly the lines set up by the … [Read more...]

Written by Mochtar Lubis and published in 1952, Jalan Tak Ada Ujung is a psychological novel that explores fear and its consequences. The story follows Guru Isa, a gentle and kind-hearted schoolteacher whose life is upended during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia. The horrors of war leave him … [Read more...]