by Humas Ikapi | Apr 27, 2023
Does free will truly exist? Does man truly exist? Okky Madasari explores the fundamental questions of mankind and humanity in her novel, Bound, does free will truly exists? A struggle arises between the two main characters, Sasana and Jaka Wani, in the search for...
by Humas Ikapi | Apr 27, 2023
Mr. Raja, the founder of Indonesia’s largest clove cigarette empire Djagad Raja Cigarettes, was dying. And with his final breath, he whispered an unfamiliar name, a woman’s name: Jeng Yah. His three sons, the heirs of Djagad Raja Cigarettes, could not believe their...
by Humas Ikapi | Apr 27, 2023
A restless young woman revisited the city where she was born and encountered a man that she had known for years. The pair became involved in a brutally beautiful affair that inevitably bound them within the concrete of the city. This is a story about a space remaining...
by Humas Ikapi | Apr 27, 2023
Set in nowhere, Monsoon Tiger and Other Stories is a tale of loneliness and love. “There is no doubt as to the depth and breadth of Rain Chudori’s literary gift. Not only does she have an ear for the music of language, but she also writes with the nimbleness, maturity...
by Humas Ikapi | Apr 18, 2023
Telegram, Putu Wijaya’s debut novel, is a literary trendsetter in its synthesis of reality and fantasy. Unapologetically disorienting, the text offers a compelling portrait of Jakarta and Bali in the early 1970s. The novel’s first-person narrator is a Balinese...
