Review

The Tasi Diak (Good Sea) was spotted from the air only after a tip-off from Aussie and Timorese activists plotting its progress. Although the boat had no communications equipment, its Darwin-based support crew knew what was happening before the Coastguard pulled alongside the small … [Read more...]

The short novel offers a strikingly intimate perspective on childhood. In ‘Childhood’, a semi-autobiographical account of his early life, Leo Tolstoy wrote: “What better time is there in our lives than when the two best of virtues — innocent gaiety and a boundless yearning for affection —are our … [Read more...]

Eka Kurniawan’s The Dog Meows, the Cat Barks follows the coming of age of Sato Reang, a mischievous boy growing up in a small Indonesian town, whose life moves between childhood pranks, religious pressure, friendship with the deeply pious Jamal, and the consequences of choosing rebellion over … [Read more...]