Hantu Ulang-alik

Thirteen stories of people adrift in the city, shuttling back and forth in search of a happiness that is hard to find in a world close to its end. The ghosts of the title are mostly emotional ones: trauma, unequal relationships, grief and paranoia. A woman simply wants to make instant noodles undisturbed; an unappreciated restaurant worker finds a way to take revenge; a waitress doubles as cashier and singer six days a week; a mother's grief slowly sinks her into paranoia; a dead former best friend leaves behind second-hand things; and the ghost of a rickety chair is glad that men can no longer treat her as an object. Told mostly from the side of women and workers, the stories show bodies and lives worn down by exhausting jobs and by the expectations of those closest to them.

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About the book

Form

Short stories

Length

180 pages in the original

Set in

Indonesia

First published

2025 by baNANA

ISBN

9786238845989 (original)