Indonesia’s brutal history brought to global attention, from FT.com

By Ben Bland, FT.com, Sept 27, 2016

(Excerpt) “Since the fall of Suharto in 1998, authors have tried to broadcast an alternative version the country’s history.

“In 1999, as Indonesians were still celebrating the end of 31 years of dictatorial rule by Suharto, their second president, an unemployed philosophy graduate started writing a sprawling novel that blended his fascination for martial arts and horror stories with an acerbic take on his country’s twisted history.

“Eka Kurniawan finished Beauty is a Wound three years later, in 2002. Weaving together graphic violence and…”

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