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Beauty is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan

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Beauty Is A Wound


Written by Elysa Faith Ng., originally published in Personal Blog

Apr 14, 2017

Beauty is a Wound. Cantik itu Luka. Just like Herman Melville’s opening line from Moby Dick, Beauty is a Wound has captured me as a reader right from the very start.  This line has promoted a sense ...

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