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Kitchen Curse
Nominated for the Man Booker International, Eka Kurniawan brings his short stories into English for the first time Eka Kurniawan’s freewheeling imagination explores the turbulent dreams of an ex-prostitute, the hapless life of a perpetual student, victims of an anticommunist genocide, the travails of an elephant, even the vengeful fantasies of a stone. Dark, sexual, scatological, violent, and mordantly funny, these fractured fables span city and country, animal and human, myth and politics. Like nothing else, Kurniawan’s stories bury themselves in the mind. His characters and insights are at once hauntingly familiar, peculiar, and twisted.
Man Tiger
A wry, affecting tale set in a small town on the Indonesian coast, Man Tiger tells the story of two interlinked and tormented families and of Margio, a young man ordinary in all particulars except that he conceals within himself a supernatural female white tiger. The inequities and betrayals of family life coalesce around and torment this magical being. An explosive act of violence follows, and its mysterious cause is unraveled as events progress toward a heartbreaking revelation. Lyrical and bawdy, experimental and political, this extraordinary novel announces the arrival of a powerful new voice on the global literary stage.
Beauty is a Wound
A colour-drenched epic, filled with vivid sex and violence, from Indonesia's most exciting young author The epic novel Beauty Is a Wound combines history, satire, family tragedy, legend, humour, and romance in a sweeping polyphony. The beautiful Indo prostitute Dewi Ayu and her four daughters are beset by incest, murder, bestiality, rape, insanity, monstrosity, and the often vengeful undead. Kurniawan's gleefully grotesque hyperbole functions as a scathing critique of his young nation's troubled past: the rapacious offhand greed of colonialism; the chaotic struggle for independence; the 1965 mass murders of perhaps a million Communists, followed by three decades of Suharto's despotic rule. B...
The Politics of Securitization in Democratic Indonesia
The book presents a novel analytical perspective on Indonesia’s security policies during its transition to democracy. Kurniawan's analysis revolves around extraordinary measures and normal politics in response to the existential threat to the Indonesian state. This perspective is at the centre of the analysis which examines the process of securitization and desecuritization taken by the Indonesian government. This volume is essential reading for practitioners, students of Indonesian politics and researchers alike.
Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
Vivid, bawdy, comic, and arresting: the exciting new novel by the Indonesian phenomenon Ajo Kawir is one of the toughest fighters in the Javanese underworld, his fearlessness matched only by his unquenchable thirst for brawling. But the young thug is driven by a painful secret – he is impotent. When he finally meets his match in the shape of the fearsomely beautiful bodyguard Iteung, Ajo is left bruised, battered and overjoyed – he has fallen in love. But will he ever be able to make Iteung happy if he can't get it up? Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash is a gloriously pulpy tale of bloody fists, broken hearts and dueling Jakarta truckers, from the Man Booker International-longlisted author of Beauty is a Wound. Eka Kurniawan was born in Tasikmalaya, Indonesia in 1975. He studied philosophy at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta and has since published several novels and short stories. He was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2016 and his books have been translated into 33 languages. His highly acclaimed, epic work of magical realism Beauty is a Wound is also available from Pushkin Press.
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Garuda 19: M. Sahrul Kurniawan
Pertandingan final Indonesia melawan Vietnam akan segera digelar. Latihan fisik yang ketat dijalani oleh skuat Garuda Jaya demi meraih posisi juara. Namun, sebuah kecemasan menghinggapi bek tangguh bernomor punggung 13, M. Sahrul Kurniawan. Sepasang sepatu butut dengan sol menganga adalah satu-satunya sepatu yang ia punya. Bagaimana performa Sahrul di pertandingan final? Mampukah ia membawa kemengangan dengan sepatu itu?ÿ ÿCatatan prestasi Garuda Jaya dan kesempatan meraih gelar juara dipertaruhkan di sini. Inilah kisahnya!ÿ [Mizan, Bentang, Komik, Sepak Bola, Timnas, Indonesia]
In Vino Duplicitas
As seen on ABC’s The Con, an “engrossing account of wine fraud and forgery” that duped some of the biggest names in the elite world of wine collecting (Wall Street Journal) In 2002, Rudy Kurniawan, an unknown twentysomething, burst into the privileged world of ultrafine wines. Blessed with a virtuoso palate, and with a seemingly limitless supply of coveted bottles, Kurniawan quickly became the leading purveyor of rare wines to the American elite. But in April 2008, at a New York auction house, dozens of Kurniawan's trophy bottles were abruptly pulled from sale. Journalist Peter Hellman was there, and he began to investigate: Were the bottles fake? Were there others? And was Kurniawan himself duped by forgery...or had he ensnared the world's top winemakers, sellers, and drinkers in a web of deceit?
The Brilliant Exporter: Kisah Inspiratif Basuki Kurniawan
Saya bukan anak konglomerat yang terlahir dengan sendok emas di tangan. Saya bukan anak pengusaha kaya raya yang memiliki bisnis menggurita di mana-mana. Kenyataannya saya adalah anak pemalu dari keluarga sederhana, yang dibentuk dalam lingkungan tradisional untuk menjadi karyawan, bekerja dan menikmati pensiun. Cara hidup yang disebut ÒnormalÓ sebagaimana manusia pada umumnya. Itu sebabnya tidak mudah bagi saya untuk keluar dari zona nyaman, membangun karier dan bisnis dari nol, lalu mencipta sejarah keluarga sebagai satu-satunya anak yang menjadi pengusaha. Dalam perjalanan kemudian, berkat kerja keras menghadirkan produk berkualitas dan layanan profesional yang terus disempurnakan, peru...
