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Kedung Darma Romansha

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    Khatulistiwa 2020 · Shortlist

    Rab(b)i

    Kedung Darma Romansha

    Short stories

    AI-generated summary:Stories from the world of the telembuk, as sex workers are called in Indramayu, among them a man whose wife works in Taiwan, sends him money every month and lets him visit telembuk while she is away.

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    Khatulistiwa 2017 · Shortlist

    Telembuk

    Kedung Darma Romansha

    Novel · 412 pages

    AI-generated summary:In Indramayu around the turn of the millennium, Safitri moves through the world of dangdut and of the telembuk, as local sex workers are called, where women are objectified, exploited and pushed to the margins.