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Arianto Adipurwanto

Indonesia

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    Khatulistiwa 2025 · Shortlist

    Iblis Tanah Suci

    Title translated by AI:“The Devil of the Holy Land”

    Arianto Adipurwanto

    Short stories · 140 pages

    AI-generated summary:Stories of a village community that still believes in ancestral spirits, where hardship is stark and the state barely reaches; in one, an illiterate palm-wine tapper drinks himself senseless every day.

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    Khatulistiwa 2019 · Shortlist

    Bugiali

    Arianto Adipurwanto

    Short stories

    AI-generated summary:Stories of poverty among the Sasak people of North Lombok, an underdeveloped part of the island.