Entries from September 2007

Kembang Jepun

1:58 am in fiction, Indonesia, Japan, Sylado, Remy | No Comments

Kembang Jepun

by Remy Sylado (2003)

A Menadonese child sold by her brother to Shinju in Kembang Jepun, to be trained, disguised, into an out-and-out Japanese geisha during pre-Japanese colonial to post-independence era.


The Piano Teacher

3:31 am in Europe, fiction, Jelinek, Elfriede | 1 Comment

The Piano Teacher

by Elfriede Jelinek (1981)

The strict and rigid Erika Kohut taught piano at the prestigious Vienna Conservatory during the day and trawls the porn districts by night.


Kampus Kabelnaya

3:05 am in biography & memoirs, essays & criticism, Indonesia, Russia & USSR | 1 Comment

Kampus Kabelnaya

Menjadi Mahasiswa di Uni Soviet
by Koesalah Soebagyo Toer (2003)

A collection of vignettes about his study in the then USSR.


The Suns of Independence

11:44 pm in Africa, fiction, Kourouma, Ahmadou | No Comments

The Suns of Independence

by Ahmadou Kourouma (1981)

A short novel of early post-colonial Africa: the story of Fama, the prince of Horodugu region, ‘the last of the Dumbuya’ who had reigned over the Malinke and his wife, Salimata.


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