1:58 am in fiction, Indonesia, Japan, Sylado, Remy | No Comments
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.
3:31 am in Europe, fiction, Jelinek, Elfriede | 1 Comment
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.
3:05 am in biography & memoirs, essays & criticism, Indonesia, Russia & USSR | 1 Comment
Menjadi Mahasiswa di Uni Soviet
by Koesalah Soebagyo Toer (2003)
A collection of vignettes about his study in the then USSR.
11:44 pm in Africa, fiction, Kourouma, Ahmadou | No Comments
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.