WIT – IDWRITERS

Apple and Knife

October 26, 2025 by

In this dazzling debut story collection from celebrated Indonesian writer Intan Paramaditha, fairytale, taboo, lust and death all come together in a heady, intoxicating mix. A black velvet butterfly darts out of a cave. Menstrual blood pools in the backseat of a car. Rats pour forth from an open … [Read more...]

Maia’s nachtlied

October 23, 2025 by

Een kritische roman over Indonesië, de Molukken, bewustwording en identiteit tegen een achtergrond van het chaotische Jakarta. Maya’s vreemde dromen beheersen haar nachten. Steeds verschijnt dezelfde vrouw: naamgenote Maia. De levendige dromen nemen Maia mee op onvergetelijke reizen, en gezeten … [Read more...]

Non è mica la vergine Maria

June 17, 2023 by

In Indonesia, la più popolosa nazione musulmana al mondo, i veli che coprono i volti delle donne – e delle bambine – sono esplosi come una moda. Di recente il governatore della capitale Jakarta, Ahok, è stato arrestato con l’accusa di blasfemia perché, cristiano, ha osato citare il Corano in … [Read more...]

Birth Canal

May 6, 2023 by

A dazzling novella from a rising star of Indonesian literature that explores what it means to be a woman — whoever you are, wherever you are, and whenever it is in history and time. In today’s Jakarta, an unnamed man tells the story of his lifelong friend Nastiti, and what happened on the day she … [Read more...]

Na Willa dan Rumah dalam Gang

May 6, 2023 by

Na Willa’s days are still filled with joy: playing with her little friends, reading new books from Bu Juwita, or singing at RRI. Especially now that Pak is spending more time with her. Pak takes Na Willa to school and buys her ice cream (without telling Mak), teaches her to type in the office, or … [Read more...]