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Indonesian writer Eka Kurniawan draws on folklore and shadow-puppet traditions. His multigenerational novel spans colonialism, independence and political violence. Pramoedya Ananta Toer provides a historical anchor through stories of colonial society. Ayu Utami, Leila Chudori, Intan Paramaditha and Okky Madasari introduce further perspectives on gender, exile, choice and power.
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The saga of Dewi Ayu and her daughters combines Indonesian history with grotesque humour, violence and ghosts.
Original title: Cantik Itu Luka
Wydawnictwo Literackie · 2016
Translated by Jędrzej Polak
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Minke pursues education and love in colonial Java, where ancestry determines a person’s rights.
The second Buru Quartet novel broadens Minke’s political awareness through encounters beyond the colonial elite.
Four friends and a former priest connect sexual emancipation with political violence and struggles over land.
Indonesian exiles in Paris and their children try to rebuild connections after the anti-Communist purges.
Readers choose a red-shoed heroine’s paths and discover the privileges and traps of global mobility.
Children at a poor school on Belitung island join their teachers in fighting to continue their education.
Javanese dancer Sri seeks her own path through work, marriage and an attachment formed on a sea voyage.
A mother-daughter conflict in Java exposes religious pressure and state violence under Suharto.
A murder in a coastal town reveals family violence and a story of a white tiger living inside a man.
Grotesque stories combine everyday life, violence and fantastic visions of Indonesia.
Trauma drives Ajo Kawir into fighting before an encounter with a bodyguard changes his life.
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