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Bilangan Fu

“The Fu Number” (title translated by AI)

Ayu Utami

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Yuda is a rock climber and gambler who mocks the values of the society around him. Parang Jati is a young man with twelve fingers, raised by his foster father to bear the sorrows of the world. Marja is a young woman of great energy. The three are drawn into a tender love triangle amid hard experiences that begin with a strange event, a dead man rising from his grave, and lead to a struggle to save the limestone hills of southern Java from destruction. Along the way the mysterious 'fu number' slowly reveals itself. The novel weighs spirituality, religion and mysticism with both respect and a critical eye.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
536 pages in the original
Genres
Love, Nature (assigned by AI)
Set in
Indonesia
First published
2008 by Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia
ISBN

9789799101228 (original)