Apple and Knife: Stories by Intan Paramaditha
Paperback Published on: 30/12/2018
Price: £22.95
Bookseller Reviews
View all
Chilling, Horrifying but Brilliant!
Absolutely adored this collection of short contemporary Indonesian horror stories! From a simple retelling of Cinderella, to things substantially more grap... READ MORE
Subversive short stories
Intan Paramaditha's collection of short stories is unsettling and thought-provoking. She takes her readers on a rollercoaster ride through life in Indonesi... READ MORE
Synopsis
Intan Paramadhita, who mixes fairy tales and gothic ghost stories with feminist and political issues, shakes up her readers, showing that her fiction is not beholden to a single interpretation. Her short stories reveal that the most terrifying thing in life is not one of the supernatural ghosts that populate her work, but human prejudice.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Yayasan Lontar
- ISBN: 9786026978929
- Number of pages: 198
- Dimensions: 210 x 140 mm
Customer Reviews
View allA dark dish of honesty
Unsettling, sinister, dark, macabre- these are words that immediately sprung to mind when I finished Apple and Knife but….. probably the ones I will use 24... READ MORE
This collection is a haunting reminder that while duty and imprisonment are often confused, sometimes, blood cannot be avoided...
‘’Come. Come, child. Sit by me. Are you sure you want to hear how I became blind? Oh, it’s a scary tale, child. So much blood was shed, like when an animal... READ MORE