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by Eka Kurniawan (1999)

A comprehensive basic text on Pram and (his role in) the growth of Socialistic Realism in relation to the global movement as well as local figures/parties.

A Novel
by Ma Jian (1993)

Every week a wealthy ‘professional blood donor’ visits his friend, a disillusioned ‘professional writer’, bringing a wide array of food and drink they’d gobble down while they ‘pour their hearts out to each other, insult and curse each other’.

by László Krasznahorkai (1989)

A circus, promising to display the stuffed body of the largest whale in the whole world, arrives in the dead of winter in a small town in Hungary, prompting bizarre rumors.

by Umberto Eco (2005)

A collection of mostly reworked lectures and conference papers, sometimes introductions discussing Eco’s influences, some canon names of literature, experiences and opinions of his writing career and other discussion on literature.

by Umar Kayam (2005)

A selection of Kayam’s non-academic, non-specialised writings (mostly essays and reportage) from 1969 to 1999

How our animal heritage affects the way we live
by Jared Diamond (1991)

How the human species changed, within a short time, from just another species of big mammal to a world conqueror; and how we acquired the capacity to reverse all that progress overnight.

Traditional Orchestra of Indonesia, 2nd ed.
by Jennifer Lindsay (1992)

A simple introductory text for those with no prior knowledge of gamelan.

by Arthur Koestler (1940)

A fictional account of a show trial during Stalin’s 1930s purges, Rubashov, the protagonist, once a revolutionary disillusioned by the regime, is abducted, jailed, tortured (psychologically) and finally confessed to a series of “counter-revolutionary” crimes he didn’t commit, for the ideals of the Revolution.

A Father’s Journey with His Son
by Peter Carey (2004)

Charley, Peter Carey’s shy 12-year-old son, together went to Tokyo, guided by Charley’s visualist online friend, Takashi.

Chronicle of the Future
by Svetlana Alexievich (1997)

“This is not a book about Chernobyl, but about the world of Chernobyl,” a wide range of oral, first-hand testimony, accounts, sometimes occasional rant and condemnations from broad range of people involved and/or affected by Chernobyl.