Murjangkung

Twenty stories, most of them about wanting something. In the first, a giant with skin like a baby's lands with his men on a river shore, buys land from the local prince, walls it in with cannon and builds a city he means to rule, a tale that plays on the founding of colonial Batavia. Elsewhere Gloria recounts her grandfather's longing for a grandchild, a maggot-man hopes to sit beside a beautiful girl, and Seto searches for true love. Several stories turn to the dark side of marriage: Seto, adopted by an army major, sees what the major's secret affairs do to his family, a wife sleeps with a neighbour to wound her husband, and an official spends his money pleasing other women. Ghosts and foolish lovers fill the rest.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

214 pages in the original

Genres

Satire (assigned by AI)

First published

2013 by GagasMedia

ISBN

9789797806446 (original)