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Threads of Dignity
By Putu Oka Sukanta
Translated by keith Foulcher
The Mystical Path of Badrul Mustafa
By Heru Joni Putra
Translated by George A. Fowler
The Lontar Anthology of Indonesian Short Stories
Short Fiction from the Twentieth Century
Volume 1: Pre-Independence to 1965
FEATURED AUTHOR
AS Laksana (Source: Goodreads Indonesia)
AS. (Ahmad Satya) Laksana (Semarang, Central Java, December 25, 1968) writes short stories, essays and literary reviews. He studied in the Department of Indonesian Language at the Institute for Teacher Training and Education (Institut Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan/IKIP) in Semarang (currently Semarang State University), but he did not graduate. He continued his studies at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, graduating from the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. He founded a forum and published the magazine Gorong-Gorong Budaya.He was also a journalist for DeTik, DeTak and the tabloid Investigasi. He founded a school for creative writing in Jakarta and taught there. His short stories have been collected in Bidadari yang Mengembara (2004), Murjangkung: Cinta yang Dungu dan Hantu-Hantu (2013)—both of which received awards for Best Literary Work in Tempo magazine—and Si Janggut Mengencingi Herucakra (2015). He published a novel, Cinta Silver (2005), which was adapted from the film; a collection of essays, Podium DeTik (1995); and a textbook on writing, Creative Writing: Tips dan Strategi Menulis Cerpen dan Novel (2007). Several of his short stories have been included in anthologies of the best stories published in Kompas newspaper (1996, 1998, 2010). He also received the Golden Pen Award (2008, 2009).
NEW PUBLICATION
While the stories in this anthology are in and of Indonesia, they are more than tales about Indonesia. To read them is to be taken to unexpected places in time and space. Indeed they often seem to transcend time and space. AS Laksana explores the nature of human relationships and seeks to reveal what it is that connects us as humans and what it is that makes us have to disconnect. The stories range in style from gritty realism to domestic drama to flights of fancy, and take us from the early days of Dutch colonialism to modern Indonesia. Notable for the prevalence of feisty female protagonists, the stories also feature a cast of eccentric and sometimes elusive characters, from hapless rulers to inept magicians to bereft lovers to the enigmatic Everyman character Seto. Told in uncompromising, sometimes brutal, language, these stories remind the reader that, difficult as they might be, relationships are at the heart of the human condition. When relationships fail, when communication breaks down, things fall apart.
“The Smiling Semar from America” (Semar Mesem dari Amerika) is a documentary film devoted to the life of Gregory John Churchill (1947-2022) and his love of Indonesian puppets. During his decades in Indonesia he collected more than 8,000 puppets from around Indonesia and other parts of the world.
The film was produced by the Lontar Foundation under the supervision of John H. McGlynn and directed by Eva Tobing.
Novel Against the Grain karya Suwarsih Djojopuspito bukan hanya berbicara tentang dunia pergerakan, tetapi juga kehidupan rumah tangga kaum pergerakan, tarik-menarik antara dunia privat dan publik di masa yang penuh gejolak. Novel ini boleh disebut sebagai novel feminis pertama dalam sastra Indonesia.
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