Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
164
Language
English
Published
Dec 1, 2015
Publisher
The Lontar Foundation
ISBN-10
6029144448
ISBN-13
9786029144444
Description
Budi Darma's stories are absurdist and surreal. Often in conversation form, they draw content from mythology, legends, and fables. There is an omnipresent mood of darkness that pervades much of his writing; a kind of bleak perspective that lies behind a thin cloak of normality and peace. In the modernist manner, Darma is interested in style, structure, themes, and plot. Yet at the same time, he disavows himself pf the role of creator and regards his short stories as being the result of something external.