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Beauty Is A Wound
Written by Alan Vaarwerk, originally published in Guardian
Oct 21, 2015
Beauty Is A Wound
Written by Alan Vaarwerk, originally published in Guardian
Oct 21, 2015
From Jonathan Franzen’s latest literary blockbuster to an Indonesian ghost story, here are the standout recommendations from a select group of booksellers.
Alan Vaarwerk recommends Beauty is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan:
Beauty is a Wound is like nothing I’ve read before. Eka Kurniawan intertwines Indonesia’s transition from colonial Dutch to Japanese occupation and finally independence with the tragic tale of a sex worker and her cursed family. The multi-layered narrative reads like an old-school gothic folk tale, full of dark magic, hyperbole and gratuitous violence.
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