Black Clouds Over the Isle of Gods

The stories in this anthology take issue with worn stereotypes and reflect both everyday life and the great upheavals that have marked modern Indonesian national life.

David M.E. Roskies

Chapter 1 Three Tales From the Occupation, Idrus; Chapter 2 For Hire, Pramoedya Ananta Toer; Chapter 3 A Twist of Fate, Achdiat Karta Mihardja; Chapter 4 The Helmet, A.A. Navis; Chapter 5 The Encounter, Nasjah Djamin; Chapter 6 The Last Train But One, Satyagraha Hoerip; Chapter 7 Dearly Departed, S.N. Ratmana; Chapter 8 Matias Akankari, Gerson Poyk; Chapter 9 A Journey, Nh. Dini; Chapter 10 Stop Thief!, Taufiq Ismail; Chapter 11 The Kid, Budi Darma; Chapter 12 The Wallet, Putu Wijaya; Chapter 13 The Weirdo, Asnelly Luthan; Chapter 14 Battling With Buffalo, F. Rahardi; Chapter 15 "Your Child Is Not Your Child," Gibran Said, Danarto; Chapter 16 Black Clouds Over the Isle of Gods, Putu Oka Sukanta; Chapter 17 The Shutterbug, Prasetyohadi; Chapter 18 In the Net, Rahmat Ali;