Trials of fiction: We lose the battle again
by: Okky Madasari
A half century after the first defeat of the imagination of a short story in court, leading to the imprisonment of leading literature critic HB Jassin, we…
THE OUTCAST
She has been accused of heresy since she was born. She has been considered deviant and must be excommunicated. On behalf of faith and love, her marriage is sacrificed. On…
BOUND
Does free will truly exist? Does man truly exist? Okky Madasari explores the seminal questions of mankind and humanity in her latest novel. A struggle arises between the two main…
THE YEARS OF THE VOICELESS
Marni is an illiterate Javanese woman who still practices ancestor worship. Through her offerings she finds her gods and puts forth her hopes. She knows nothing of the God brought…
KERUMUNAN TERAKHIR
Sepotong kisah tentang kegagapan manusia di tengah zaman yang berubah cepat, yang tak memberi kesempatan setiap orang untuk diam dan mengenang, berhenti dan kembali ke belakang.
Dari satu kerumunan ke…
PASUNG JIWA
Apakah kehendak bebas benar-benar ada? Apakah manusia bebas benar-benar ada? Okky Madasari mengemukakan pertanyaan-pertanyaan besar dari manusia dan kemanusiaan dalam novel ini. Melalui dua tokoh utama, Sasana dan Jaka Wani,…
MARYAM
Tentang mereka yang terusir karena iman di negeri yang penuh keindahan.
Lombok, Januari 2011
Kami hanya ingin pulang. Ke rumah kami sendiri. Rumah yang kami beli dengan uang kami sendiri.…
Freedom in Okky Madasari's Bound: A Sociological Perspective
by: Zulfa Happy Imroah
The major problem in this study is to analyze freedom in Bound novel by Okky Madasari. The objective of the study is to analyze Okky Madasari’s…
