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In this article:
Apple and Knife
Man Tiger
Sergius Seeks Bacchus
The Book of Jakarta: A City in Short Fiction
The Majesties
The Wandering


Written by Will Heath, originally published in Books and Bao

Dec 31, 2020

Indonesia, Asia’s largest archipelago, is one of the world’s most ethnically, religiously, and culturally diverse countries. It is a place called home by every kind of human being. As soon, Indonesian novels, stories, and poems offer readers that same kind of diversity and excitement. The Indonesian novels, stories, and poems found here do not encompass the entire literary scope of Indonesia, but they do offer a few wonderful places to begin reading Indonesian books in translation. Here, you’ll find some of Indonesia’s best writers, poets, and translators.

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