Keluarga Oriente

Mostly set on the island of Flores and around it, these stories follow people of different jobs, ranks and ages who cannot escape the violence woven into ordinary life: violence by custom and tradition, by the state and its officials, by expanding capital, by gender, and sexual violence among those closest to them. The stories zoom in on small places to find half-heroic tales, told plainly and with a deadpan humour that hides their irony and leads to surprising endings.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

103 pages in the original

Set in

Indonesia

First published

2024 by Marjin Kiri

ISBN

9786020788609 (original)