Women carve a place for themselves in this world, finding ways to subvert norms or enacting brutalities on themselves and each other.Ībstract = "Inspired by horror fiction, myths and fairy tales, Apple and Knife is an unsettling ride that swerves into the supernatural to explore the dangers and power of occupying a female body in todays brutal cause. In the globally connected and fast-developing Indonesia of Apple and Knife, taboos, inversions, sex and death all come together in a heady, intoxicating mix full of pointed critiques and bloody mutilations. Solihin would give anything to make dangdut singer Salimah his wife – anything at all. Jamal falls in love with the rich and powerful Bambang, but it is the era of the smiling general and, if he’s not careful, he may find himself recruited to Bambang’s brutal cause. Mara finds herself brainstorming an ad campaign for Free Maxi Pads, with a little help from the menstruation-eating hag of her childhood. Sometimes wacky and always engrossing, this is subversive feminist horror at its best, where men and women alike are arbiters of fear, and where revenge is sometimes sweetest when delivered from the grave. These short fictions set in the Indonesian everyday-in corporate boardrooms, in shanty towns, on dangdut stages-reveal a soupy otherworld stewing just beneath the surface. It’s a reminder that borders are real, and a playful experiment that turns the traditional adventure story on its head.Inspired by horror fiction, myths and fairy tales, Apple and Knife is an unsettling ride that swerves into the supernatural to explore the dangers and power of occupying a female body in today’s world. The Wandering is a novel about the highs and lows of global nomadism, the politics and privileges of travel and desire, and the freedoms and limitations of the choices we make, by one of Asia’s most exciting writers. As your paths cross and intertwine, you’ll soon realise that no story is ever new. The choices you make about which pages to turn to may mean you’ll become a tourist or an undocumented migrant, a mother or a murderer, and you will meet many travellers with their own stories to tell.
To Berlin or Amsterdam? Lima or Tijuana? Or onto a train that will never stop?
You’re forever wandering, everywhere and nowhere, but where is your home?
A pair of red shoes to take you wherever you want to go. So you make a Faustian pact with a devil, who gives you a gift, and a warning. You’re desperate to escape your boring life teaching English in Jakarta, to go out and see the world. You’ve grown roots, you’re gathering moss. The most ingenious and unusual novel you will read all year, where you choose your own story.
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