**Winner of the 2023 PEN Translation PrizeWinner of the 2023 NSW Premier’s Translation PrizeAn eerie, alienating, yet comic and profoundly sympathetic short story collection about Americans in America by one of Indonesia’s most prominent writers, now in an English translation for its fortieth anniversary, with a foreword by Intan ParamadithaA Penguin Classic**In these seven stories of People from Bloomington,our peculiar narrators find themselves in...

**Winner of the 2023 PEN Translation PrizeWinner of the 2023 NSW Premier’s Translation PrizeAn eerie, alienating, yet comic and profoundly sympathetic short story collection about Americans in America by one of Indonesia’s most prominent writers, now in an English translation for its fortieth anniversary, with a foreword by Intan ParamadithaA Penguin Classic**In these seven stories of People from Bloomington,our peculiar narrators find themselves in...

"Janganlah mengurusi kepentingan orang lain dan janganlah mempunyai keinginan tahu tentang orang lain. Hanya dengan jalan demikian, kita dapat tenang." Sejak kali pertama terbit, tujuh cerita yang dihimpun dalam antologi Orang-Orang Bloomington sukses memukau pembaca lintas generasi melalui permasalahan yang diangkat—emosi-emosi terdalam manusia. Manusia dengan segala dinamika kehidupannya dikisahkan melalui sudut pandang orang pertama—menjadikan suasana batin tokoh-tokohnya tergali dalam....

Tanpa yang lain saya tidak mempunyai arti, tidak mempunyai fungsi, dan tidak ada. Fanton Drummond jatuh cinta pada sosok Olenka. Perempuan misterius yang tanpa sengaja dia temui dalam sebuah lift di Apartemen Tulip Tree. Semenjak pertemuan itu, tak henti-hentinya Fanton Drummond mengamati dan menebak-nebak bagaimana kehidupan Olenka sebenarnya. Semakin dalam Fanton Drummond menelusuri hidup Olenka, semakin liar bayangan Fanton Drummond. Sebagaimana perjalanan menyusuri sebuah peta dunia, y...

A new English translation of an existential tale of obsession by Indonesia’s celebrated writer of absurdist realismA Penguin ClassicIn Bloomington, Indiana, Fanton Drummond’s life changes when he encounters Olenka Danton in an elevator. Infatuated at first sight, Fanton begins to see Olenka everywhere, from bus stops and parks to the imagined settings of his mind’s eye. Soon they begin an affair, and Fanton steps deeper into Olenka’s myster...

A new English translation of an existential tale of obsession by Indonesia’s celebrated writer of absurdist realismA Penguin ClassicIn Bloomington, Indiana, Fanton Drummond’s life changes when he encounters Olenka Danton in an elevator. Infatuated at first sight, Fanton begins to see Olenka everywhere, from bus stops and parks to the imagined settings of his mind’s eye. Soon they begin an affair, and Fanton steps deeper into Olenka’s myster...