Okky Madasari
Biography
Okky Madasari was born in Magetan, East Java in October 1984 and has a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in sociology. The young woman and mother deals with the social and political conditions in modern Indonesia and reflects them in her books in an expressive and unembellished way. In Indonesia, her works have been praised as modern classics. She lives in Jakarta.
She has already received the renowned Khatulistiwa Literature Prize.
Last Released
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Okky Madasari's book is a socially critical developmental novel about Sasana and Jaka's struggle for their personal freedom - both physical and inner. It is told alternately from the perspective of Sasana and Jaka, whereby in addition to the main topic, different social topics are relentlessly addressed. The novel takes place initially during the period of the so-called new order under the dictator Suharto and in the last third after his fall in the young democracy in Indonesia.
Translated from Indonesian by Gudrun Ingratubun
