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Cover of Haji Syiah & Other Stories

Haji Syiah & Other Stories

A trilingual edition in English, German and Indonesian

by George Fowler, Ben Sohib, Jörn
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015

German title: Hadschi Schia und andere Erzählungen Indonesian title: Haji Syiah dan cerita lainnya Ben Sohib’s stories, often set in Jakarta and with their panoramic backdrop of urban Muslim life, contain fierce criticism against religious radicalism and serve to admonish people who...
Cover of Telegram
by Stephen J Epstein, Putu Wijaya
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015

Novel Telegram (Telegram) by Putu Wijaya, published in 1973 is considered an important milestone in Indonesian literature. Its success makes the synthesis between reality and fantasy. Although it contains many elements of "mental terror" and psychological disorientation, this book is a portrait...
Cover of Supernova
by Harry Aveling, Dewi Lestari
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015

Supernova: The Knight, The Princess and the Falling Star (Supernova: Ksatria, Putrid an Bintang Jatuh), published in 2001, is an innovator in the development history of modern Indonesian literature. Written by a young writer, as intellectual work that takes the form of pop-art and is set in the real...
Cover of Never the Twain
by Robin Susanto, Abdoel Moeis
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015

Never the Twain, the translation of the novel ‘Salah Asuhan’ by Abdoel Moeis, was first published in 1928 as an allegory of the struggle of the Indonesian community in finding a national identity during Indonesian pre-independence. The story is told thorough Hanafi, a young Indonesian who received...
Cover of The Painter of Lost Souls
by Michael Vatikiotis
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015

A fast-paced, intensely emotional drama of Indonesian life high and low, set against the tumultuous backdrop of the reformasi era, after the fall of Suharto in 1999. The Painter of Lost Souls is the story of Sito, a brilliantly gifted artist who leaves his home in a poor village in Central Java while...
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by John H. McGlynn, Armijn Pané
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015

Armijn Pane’s novel, Shackles (Belenggu) was first published in 1940. Although the main conflict of the story involves a love triangle, the author raises several issues facing society at the time, such as women participating in higher education, their consequent changes in attitude toward family...
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