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Man Tiger, Eka Kurniawan

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Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, is a surrealist fantastic novel that starts with a murder: Anwar Sadat has been killed by young teen Margio, who bit through his neck, and claims that it’s the tigress inside him to blame.

I couldn’t put this one down. It skips through time to unfold the mystery of why Margio did what he did, of where the violence blossomed from. It’s a story of an internal generational rage, of masculinity and restraint, and of the ways heartbreak, sex, and violence across several town families brought Margio to where he is.

I wasn’t a huge fan of Kurniawan’s most famous book, Beauty is a Wound, so was pleasantly surprised how much I adored this one, particularly because the women in this one are given real complexity and depth. It’s so poetic but so tense, and it all builds up so explosively into that ending.

Read on for more Indonesian books in translation.

Content warnings for violence, domestic abuse, child death, terminal illness, sexual assault, substance abuse.

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中島敦・文豪ストレイドッグス 敦くんの絵をやっと完成！♡
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