Lit in Translation

Cara Berbahagia Tanpa Kepala

“How to Be Happy Without a Head” (title translated by AI)

Triskaidekaman

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The book opens with instructions for removing a head: unzip the coil around the Adam's apple, unscrew the bolt, swallow hard, press the two buttons that stop the blood, then pull it off by the ears. Sempati finds that a head solves none of life's problems and only makes things harder, and so signs up for Free Your Head, a programme that lets people part with their heads for a while. Then, unexpectedly, the head disappears. Mixing science fiction, surrealism and thriller, the novel asks whether Sempati can be happy without it.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
300 pages in the original
Genres
Speculative (assigned by AI)
First published
2019 by Gramedia Pustaka Utama
ISBN

9786020629933 (original)