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FictionA Long Evening in Central Park
by Bondan Winarno
“How dangerous autumn is. When the flowers bloom, the human heart blossoms too and it becomes a lush land where love grows.” This book is the complete manuscript of Bondan Winarno’s career as a short story author. There are 25 short stories compiled here, written from 1980 to 2004. All of which have been published in various mass media and most of them have won writing contests. Love, sadness, pain and loneliness are presented in these stories, written in simple yet beautiful language. All of them are the portraits of the romance of human life from around the world in diverse settings. History may change, but the splatters of beauty will eternally cross through generations. These short stories are an interlude of musings for readers to break free from the worldly noise for a while.
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Literary FictionSukab'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.
