Mexico was a country Dea Anugrah only knew from books. The Indonesian author explored Mexico City’s gritty streets through Roberto Bolaño’s cutting prose, which also introduced him to more than a few Mexican drug lords alongside Juan Pablo Villalobos’s character Tochtli. However, it was in August … [Read more...]
Lan Fang: A beacon in local literature
December 25, 2018 by
After Soeharto fell in 1998, there was a great opening of bottom drawers. Writers who had previously kept their manuscripts for trusted friends’ eyes only suddenly found the courage to seek a wider market. Publishers, no longer throttled by harsh censorship, responded with enthusiasm – … [Read more...]
Burning bright
February 8, 2016 by
Brash, worldly and wickedly funny, Eka Kurniawan may be South-East Asia’s most ambitious writer in a generation. [hide for="!logged"]MASSIVE, chaotic, endless and, despite it all, also charming, Jakarta can seem less a city than some sort of organic life form inexorably consuming north-western … [Read more...]
