Eka Kurniawan is the author of four novels as well as a number of short story collections. In 2016, he became the first Indonesian writer to be longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, for his first novel, Man Tiger. Overall, his works have been translated into more than 20 languages. Most of his … [Read more...]

First impression is crucial. It may make or break a deal; forge or destroy a friendship; kill or start a bond. The first impression an author makes, with his any book, on his reader can either earn him a fan or a cynic. That book need not be his best creation, but it has to tempt the reader to pick … [Read more...]

In his earliest work, Eka Kurniawan—the inventive Indonesian writer whose novel Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash has just been translated into English by Annie Tucker—made time his plaything. Single sentences squeezed the present next to the distant past and future; entire books revolved … [Read more...]

Eka Kurniawan tells a story of a great rage. The Indonesian author Eka Kurniawan reverts to old folk beliefs in the novel ‘Man Tiger’. It covers not only a psychological drama but also many layers of his native culture. One day the young Margio jumps to his neighbor Anwar Sadat and bites him … [Read more...]

There’s something very appealing about translated fiction these days.  Whether it’s because more amazing novels from other languages are being translated than ever before, or whether the quality of those translations is better than it is ever has been is something an expert would need to weigh in … [Read more...]