The title is taken from a traditional Balinese ceremony performed on the noble women at Pura Desa to deprive her nobility, for marrying a lower-caste man. The word 'pati' means to die, and 'wangi' means fragrance. From its name and function can be perceived how the ceremony can have psychological … [Read more...]
The Oddfits (The Oddfits Series)
July 31, 2018 by
Eight-year-old Murgatroyd Floyd doesn’t fit in—not as a blue-eyed blonde living in Singapore, not in school, and certainly not with his aloof expatriate parents, who seem determined to make his life even harder. Unbeknownst to him, there’s a reason why he’s always the odd boy out: he is an Oddfit, a … [Read more...]
The More Known World (The Oddfits Series Book 2)
July 31, 2018 by
The Quest of the quirky Oddfits continues—and this time, beyond the Known World lies something unspeakable… Two years after Murgatroyd Floyd joined the Quest to understand and catalogue the wonders of the More Known World, the rash-prone, blue-eyed Oddfit starts having doubts about his … [Read more...]
Under Your Wings
July 31, 2018 by
Published with Atria Books in the US as The Majesties. Gwendolyn and Estella have always been as close as sisters can be. Growing up in a wealthy, powerful and sometimes treacherous family, they’ve relied on each other for support and confidence. Now, though, Gwendolyn is lying in a coma, the … [Read more...]
The Development of Modern Indonesian Poetry
July 29, 2018 by
Indonesian poetry, like the country and also the language, is basically a product of this century. Only in the twentieth century have the people of this vast archipelago begun to achieve a unified cultural identity and national spirit; only since 1928 has the possibility, and by now the reality, of … [Read more...]
