Sukab's World
by Seno Gumira Ajidarma
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There’s a woman who chooses violence.
There’s a discovery of a field of massacres.
There’s a story about the future of rape.
There’s a person being tortured, who turns out to be wrongly targeted.
There are many people, can’t decide on a leader to elect.
There’s a corrupt person, his nose grows.
There’s a dead body missing, because of the flood.
There’s a sack found, contains the dead body of a thug.
There’s a fruit of hereditary sin, hugely sold out.
There’s a conversation between shoes, musing about faithfulness.
There’s an unemployed husband, whose hobby is taking afternoon naps.
There’s a flower shop courier, flirting with a maid.
They live in Sukab’s World, which is our world too.
But who is Sukab?
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Originally published in 2004, the short stories in this book are Seno’s observation and criticism about things that occur in Indonesian society, told using the medium of the character of Sukab. Sukab takes various forms throughout the stories. He can be a man who steals someone else’s wife, an unfaithful husband, someone reporting a case, or even a fruit seller. He can be the main character in one story and a cameo in others.
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Author Biography
Seno Gumira Ajidarma was born in Boston, US on 19 June 1958. He’s an author from the new generation of Indonesian literature. Some of his books include The Book of Nonsense, Do Not Sing in the Bathroom, and The Dusk Land. He’s also famous for writing about the situation in the former East Timor. Those writings were then published in a trilogy comprises of Witness (short story collection), Jazz, Perfume and Incident (romance), and When Journalism is Silenced, Literature Must Speak (essay collection). He’s won many awards for his short stories, including Dinny O’Hearn Prize for Literary and South East Asia (S.E.A.) Write Award.
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Copyright © 2015 by Seno Gumira A.
Noura Publishing
Noura Publishing is one of the publishers in the Mizan Group. Formed in early 2012 and based in Jakarta, Noura has published hundreds of local and translated books that are popular with readers. Noura publishes books of various genres, for various segments of readers, from children, fiction, to non-fiction.
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- Publisher Noura Publishing
- Orginal LanguageEnglish, Indonesian
- ISBN/Identifier 9786023851034
- Publication Country or regionIndonesia
- FormatPaperback
- Pages256
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleDunia Sukab
- Copyright Year2015
- Dimensions13 x 20 cm
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