Literary Fiction
Sukab's World
by Seno Gumira Ajidarma
There’s a woman who chooses violence.There’s a discovery of a field of massacres.There’s a story about the future of rape.There’s a person being tortured, who turns out to be wrongly targeted.There are many people, can’t decide on a leader to elect.There’s a corrupt person, his nose grows.There’s a dead body missing, because of the flood.There’s a sack found, contains the dead body of a thug.There’s a fruit of hereditary sin, hugely sold out.There’s a conversation between shoes, musing about faithfulness.There’s an unemployed husband, whose hobby is taking afternoon naps.There’s a flower shop courier, flirting with a maid.They live in Sukab’s World, which is our world too.But who is Sukab? *** Originally published in 2004, the short stories in this book are Seno’s observation and criticism about things that occur in Indonesian society, told using the medium of the character of Sukab. Sukab takes various forms throughout the stories. He can be a man who steals someone else’s wife, an unfaithful husband, someone reporting a case, or even a fruit seller. He can be the main character in one story and a cameo in others.
