Synopsis
Di dalam Kitab Kawin, himpunan cerpen Laksmi Pamuntjak ini, kita bertemu 12 perempuan dengan persoalan, kepedihan, kebahagiaan, kegagalan sekaligus pencapaian mereka masing-masing. Ada yang cuek, berani, penuh akal, gak cengeng, gak peduli kata at...
Great literature lights our way and helps us to understand distant worlds; the best books make us part of those worlds - with all their horror, as well as their resplendence and intelligence. That's the kind of literature that Laksmi Pamuntjak writes.
- Jose Eduardo Agualusa, for "Amba/The Question of Red
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LATEST NEWS
NEW PUBLICATIONS
FEB 2021 KITAB KAWIN (Collection of Short Stories), First Edition and International Women’s Day Special Edition (Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka Utama, March 2021). Available in Gramedia bookstores, Aksara Bookstore at Dia.Lo.Gue, Kinokuniya Grand Indonesia and online at Gramedia.com, Gramedia Official Store Tokopedia, Gramedia Official Shop Shopee, Gramedia Pustaka Utama Official Shop Shopee
JULY 2020 NEW NOVEL Kekasih Musim Gugur (GPU: Jakarta, July 2020), the sequel of AMBA: Sebuah Novel. Available in Gramedia bookstores, Aksara Bookstore at Dia.Lo.Gue, Kinokuniya Grand Indonesia, and online at Gramedia.com, Gramedia Official Store Tokopedia, Gramedia Official Shop Shopee, Gramedia Pustaka Utama Official Shop Shopee
NOVEMBER 2019 NEW NOVEL FALL BABY (Singapore: Penguin Random House SEA, 2019), the sequel to AMBA/The Question of Red. FALL BABY won for Best Literary Work at the Singapore Book Awards 2020. In Indonesia: available in Aksara Bookstore, Kinokuniya Grand Indonesia. In Singapore: avalaible in Kinokuniya Takashimaya, and as an e-Book on Amazon Singapore. Readers in SEA including Indonesia can purchase the e-Book through Amazon on: htttps://singapore.penguin.co.in/book/fiction/srikandi-fall-baby/
NEW EDITIONS
- NEW! JULY 2021 The second edition of KITAB KAWIN, with a brand-new cover and a brand-new story (Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka Utama, July 2021). Available online at Gramedia.com, Gramedia Official Store Tokopedia, Gramedia Official Shop Shopee, Gramedia Pustaka Utama Official Shop Shopee
- JULY 2020 The latest edition (ninth printing) of AMBA: Sebuah Novel with a brand-new cover (Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka Utama. Available online at Gramedia.com, Gramedia Official Store Tokopedia, Gramedia Official Shop Shopee, Gramedia Pustaka Utama Official Shop Shopee
- SEPTEMBER 2018 HERBSTKIND, translated by Corinna Rodewald (Berlin: Ullstein Verlag, September 2018), the German translation of FALL BABY (Kekasih Musim Gugur), available at selected stores in Germany and on Amazon.com
- FEBRUARY 2018 The Birdwoman’s Palate, translated by Tiffany Tsao (Seattle: Amazon Crossing, February 2018), the English translation of Aruna dan Lidahnya, is available on Amazon.com
- NOVEMBER 2016 The Indian edition of AMBA/The Question of Red (Delhi: Speaking Tigers, 2016) is available from Speaking Tiger in bookstores in the Indian Subcontinent.
- JULY 2016 The US version of the English translation of AMBA/The Question of Red (Seattle: Amazon Crossing, 2016) is now available at Amazon.com
- SEPTEMBER 2015 Alle Farben Rot (Berlin: Ullstein Verlag, 2015), the German translation of AMBA/The Question of Red, translated by Dr. Martina Heinschke, is available in select Berlin and German bookstores and available on Amazon.com
- SEPTEMBER 2015 Amba of De Kleur van Rood (Amsterdam: Xander Uitgevers, 2015), the Dutch translation of AMBA/The Question of Red, is available in select bookstores in Amsterdam and on Amazon.com
CONTACTS
CONTACTS
LITERARY AGENTS
For “The Question of Red” and “The Birdwoman’s Palate”:
Kirby Kim
Janklow & Nesbit Associates
285, Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
E: KKim@janklow.com
For “Fall Baby”:
Jayapriya Vasudevan
Jacaranda Literary Agency
E: jay@jacarandalit.com, jacaranda.books@gmail.com
FOREIGN RIGHTS AGENTS
For “The Question of Red” and “The Birdwoman’s Palate”:
Cullen Stanley
Cullen Stanley International
E: Cullen@cullenstanleyinternational.com
For “Fall Baby”:
Jayapriya Vasudevan
Jacaranda Literary Agency
E: jay@jacarandalit.com, jacaranda.books@gmail.com
For “Kitab Kawin”:
Siti Gretiani
Gramedia Pustaka Utama
E: greti@gramediapublishers.com
BOOK INQUIRIES
For “Fall Baby”:
Jayapriya Vasudevan
Jacaranda Literary Agency
E: jay@jacarandalit.com, jacaranda.books@gmail.com
For “Kitab Kawin”:
Siti Gretiani
Gramedia Pustaka Utama
E: greti@gramediapublishers.com
For “Alle Farben Rot” and “Herbstkind”:
Christine Heinrich (Germany)
Ullstein Buchverlage GmBH
Friedrichstrasse 126
D 10117 BERLIN
GERMANY
E: Christine.Heinrich@ullstein-buchverlage.de
INTERVIEW REQUESTS/LITERARY INVITATIONS/BOOKINGS
(English language): Jayapriya Vasudevan
Jacaranda Literary Agency
E: jay@jacarandalit.com, jacaranda.books@gmail.com
(Bahasa Indonesia): Dionisius Wisnu
Gramedia Pustaka Utama
E: dion.wisnu@gramediapublishers.com
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