The poetry of Hanna Fransisca is heavily-laden with Chinese cultural metaphors. The pleasures of eating and cooking might be shadowed by violence and sacrifice, or even eroticism and sadism. We hear multiple voices in Fransisca’s poetry: those of both the minority Chinese and all the women who … [Read more...]
Final Party and Other Stories
August 2, 2018 by
The characters in Linda Christanty’s stories are placed in situations that force them to battle their inner demons. The achievement of personal insight, however, does not necessarily mean that her characters achieve redemption or resolution to their problems. Christanty explores the dark side of … [Read more...]
Not Virgin Mary
August 2, 2018 by
Not Virgin Mary is the humorous stories of contemporary Islamic myths and daily lives in Indonesia. We meet an angel is having mental fatigue and has enough of the human follies, a pig who has a touching and endearing request, or a suicide bomber having a terrible shock in the waiting room before he … [Read more...]
Excerpts from the Novel Cala Ibi
August 2, 2018 by
Caba Ibi tells the story of Maya, a woman whose well-planned life is suddenly upset by her dreams of a mysterious woman by the name of Maia. This Maia invites the dreamer to experience things she had never imagined before. The author’s control in her use of language is remarkable. … [Read more...]
A Tale of Redemption & Other Stories
August 2, 2018 by
What distinguished Mona Sylviana’s writing, is her willingness to look at the dark side of life and to confront societal issues head on. In Mona’s stories, the world is not a safe place for women. Yet her characters do not respond to situations as passive objects or victims; they challenge the … [Read more...]
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