Kritikus Adinan is one of several books by Budi Darma that recently got republished. Previously released under the title Laki-Laki dalam Secarik Surat in 2008, last year it had a chance to see the light again with a new one, referring to one of the short stories on its table of contents. Here the … [Read more...]
Surat Panjang Tentang Jarak Kita yang Jutaan Tahun Cahaya
October 5, 2019 by
Despite its super long title, Surat Panjang Tentang Jarak Kita yang Jutaan Tahun Cahaya by Dewi Kharisma Michellia is actually a pretty short novel with a tight plot and practically not so many characters. First published in 2013, the book indeed consists of several long (and short) letters written … [Read more...]
Buku Latihan Tidur
October 5, 2019 by
Some (or most) people might think poetry is some kind of melodramatic literary product, with flowery, figurative language not everyone understand. And there might not be many people who would think that poetry can also be funny, comic even, triggering laughter of its readers. Buku Latihan Tidur by … [Read more...]
Kumpulan Budak Setan
October 5, 2019 by
Kumpulan Budak Setan is some kind of a tribute to Indonesian horror fiction writer Abdullah Harahap. The three renowned contributing authors—Eka Kurniawan, Intan Paramaditha and Ugoran Prasad—have recreated and re-represented Harahap’s famous narrative in their own styles and with their own ideas. … [Read more...]
Child of All Nations, (The Buru Quartet #2) by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, translated by Max Lane
March 10, 2019 by
Child of all Nations (Anak Semua Bangsa) is the second in the Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s Buru Quartet, so called because it was conceived on the island of Buru— where he was imprisoned without trial in 1965 when the military dictatorship of President Suharto cracked down on anyone suspected of … [Read more...]