Metafora Padma, The Jakarta Post (14/11)

"'I think that a strong story comes from something that is actually experienced by its writer,' he said.

The short stories [in Metafora Padma] are fictional, but are inspired by true events, such as the deadly ethnic conflict between the Dayak and Madurese people in 1996 in Anjongan village in Pontianak, West Kalimantan; his place of birth.

The title, Metafora Padma, is taken from one of the 14 short stories. It's about a rendezvous between a woman named Padma, who witnesses 1996 bloody conflic...