Gema’s brother was found dead after entering the sacred ancestors’ forest. Everyone in Gema's village in Kalimantan thought that he was cursed, but Gema remembered him telling her about strange men whom he had spied on in the sacred land, chopping down trees.

in-en, fiksi, fiction, next generationEliza HandayaniJanuary 16, 2016dwi ratih ramadhany, rengas, borneo, illegal logging, kalimantan, indonesia, indonesian fiction, indonesian author, indonesian literature, diverse indonesia next generation, linda lingard, marjie suanda, intersastra Comment

Baluembidi

Little Banta has heard this warning all his life: don’t swim in the river, or the evil spirit Baluembidi will drown you. After military men with strange accents rode into his small hometown in Aceh, and his father disappeared, Banta went to the river.

fiction, fiksi, in-en, next generationEliza HandayaniJanuary 9, 2016aceh, putra hidayatullah, indonesia, indonesian literature, indonesian fiction, indonesian author, intersastra, diverse indonesia next generationComment

To Open Seas We Go

After tsunami devastated his hometown, Mustafa has to grow up fast. His mother is nowhere to be found, his father is losing his mind.