Kill the Radio

Describes Herliany's writing as revealing "a struggle to understand human experience in all its reality - not as an ideal but as a fact that displays profound suffering and hurt, without, apparently, any hope of redemption." This is a collection of poems published in a bilingual edition and introduced by the British poet.

Striking new work by major Indonesian writer.

In a strongly patriarchal society in which the norms of feminine subordination are sanctified by the strictures of religion, the rage and aggression in these poems is remarkable. Indeed, for many readers, these emotions are extremely exciting and offer a previously unknown potential for liberation.

Dorothea Rosa Herliany was born in Magelang, Central Java. After graduating she worked for several years as a journalist and freelance writer. Beside poetry, she has also written short stories, essays, and art and drama criticism. Her writings have been published by the major magazines and newspapers in Indonesia.

• | Author: Dorothea Rosa Herliany, Harry Aveling
• | Publisher: Arc Publications
• | Publication Date: Feb 01, 2007
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781904614111
• | ISBN-10: 1904614116