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Man Tiger (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781781688595)
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xAn unforgettable tale of literary magical realism from a critically acclaimed Indonesian writer who has been compared to Salman Rushdie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Mark Twain
Longlisted for the International Man Booker, this "supernatural tale of murder and desire fascinatingly subverts the crime fiction genre" as it tells the story of a half-man, half-magical female white tiger (Huffington Post). A wry, affecting tale set in a small town on the Indonesian coast, Man Tiger tells the story of two interlinked and tormented families and of Margio, a young man ordinary in all particulars except that he conceals within himself a supernatural female white tiger. The inequities and betrayals of family life coalesce around and torment this magical being. An explosive act of violence follows, and its mysterious cause is unraveled as events progress toward a heartbreaking revelation. Lyrical and bawdy, experimental and political, this extraordinary novel announces the arrival of a powerful new voice on the global literary stage.
Author: Eka Kurniawan
ISBN-10: 1781688591
ISBN-13: 9781781688595
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2015
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.50d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/27/2015
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2015 pg. 80
New York Times Book Review 09/13/2015 pg. 9
Longlisted for the International Man Booker, this "supernatural tale of murder and desire fascinatingly subverts the crime fiction genre" as it tells the story of a half-man, half-magical female white tiger (Huffington Post). A wry, affecting tale set in a small town on the Indonesian coast, Man Tiger tells the story of two interlinked and tormented families and of Margio, a young man ordinary in all particulars except that he conceals within himself a supernatural female white tiger. The inequities and betrayals of family life coalesce around and torment this magical being. An explosive act of violence follows, and its mysterious cause is unraveled as events progress toward a heartbreaking revelation. Lyrical and bawdy, experimental and political, this extraordinary novel announces the arrival of a powerful new voice on the global literary stage.
Author: Eka Kurniawan
ISBN-10: 1781688591
ISBN-13: 9781781688595
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2015
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.50d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/27/2015
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2015 pg. 80
New York Times Book Review 09/13/2015 pg. 9
By Eka Kurniawan
xEka Kurniawan was born in Tasikmalaya, Indonesia in 1975. He studied philosophy at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. He has published several novels, including Beauty Is a Wound and Man Tiger, as well as short stories. His novels have been published in a number of languages, including English. Labodalih Sembiring is a freelance features reporter for English-language publications, a writer of fiction in English and Indonesian, an amateur photographer, and a landscape designer.
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