Dias Novita Wuri

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 vanished. In the Dutch East Indies' Semarang, a young Indo-Dutch girl, Rukmini, is captured by the Japanese military and is forced into prostitution. Years later, Arini travels to the Netherlands to share her mother's dark past with a researcher. After the American occupation of Japan in WWII ends, a former war photographer revisits his memories of Hanako, the wife of a traumatized ex-Imperial soldier, but can't escape his own darkness. And in present-day Osaka, a young Indonesian woman, Dara, haunted by her past and struggling to conceive, becomes obsessed with a Japanese porn star. Through these interconnected narratives, in stunning prose, Dias Novita Wuri explores generational legacies, lost loves, the damage that war does to men, and the damage that men do to women.

Birth Canal

Tujuh belas cerita pendek saling simpul dan berjalin, mengisahkan bermacam hubungan antara manusia dengan manusia lain, dan bahkan manusia dengan yang bukan manusia. Karakter-karakternya sibuk saling menjalin hubungan atau pun memutuskannya, menguntai maupun mengurai benang-benang dan tali tak terlihat yang mengikat satu sama lain. Buku ini berkisah tentang hubungan yang ada dan tidak ada. Kumpulan cerita pendek ini menyajikan baik kisah kasih maupun kisah patah hati antara pasangan kekasih, mantan kekasih, orangorang yang berharap dapat memadu kasih, suami dan istri dalam rumah tangga yang hendak runtuh, suami dan istri barunya, suami dan hantu mendiang istrinya, orangtua dengan anaknya, anak dengan jiwa mendiang orangtuanya, seorang fan berat dengan aktor Hollywood pujaan hatinya, manusia dengan benda, benda dengan benda, sekelompok iblis dengan manusia, dan sebagainya. Pembaca akan dibawa ke kota-kota nan romantis atau eksotis atau banal di seluruh dunia; ke masa depan dan akhirat namun juga dunia fana yang sehari-hari ada di depan mata. Benang-benang tak terlihat yang simpang-siur di sekitar Andabisakah Anda melihatnya?

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This dazzling novella from a rising star of Indonesian literature explores generational legacies, lost loves, the damage that war does to men, and the damage that men do to women. In today’s Jakarta, an unnamed man tells the story of his lifelong friend Nastiti, and what happened on the day she vanished. In the Dutch East Indies’ Semarang, a young Indo-Dutch girl, Rukmini, is captured by the Japanese military and is forced into prostitution. Years later, Arini travels to the Netherlands to share her mother’s dark past with a researcher. After the American occupation of Japan in WWII ends, a former war photographer revisits his memories of Hanako, the wife of a traumatised ex-Imperial soldier, but can’t escape his own darkness. And in present-day Osaka, a young Indonesian woman, Dara, haunted by her past and struggling to conceive, becomes obsessed with a Japanese porn star. Full of surprising turns, and in stunning prose, Birth Canal tells the interwoven stories of women that span time and history.

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