Hisfic♾️

The tragic yet inspiring story of a group of friends, all young and idealistic political activists who faced the iron fist of power in the waning days of the Suharto regime, in the late 1990s. In the twilight hours of a day in March, Biru Laut was ambushed by four unknown men. Together with his friends, Daniel, Sunu and Alex, he was taken to an unknown location. For months they were held captive, interrogated, beaten and tortured into answering one sole question: Who stood behind the rebellious student movements at that time? Biru Laut’s younger sister, who, along with other family members of kidnapped student activists, struggled to put the pieces of the puzzle together and to find answers to their never-ending questions. While her parents appear to be in denial and remain hopeful that Biru Laut will one day come back to sit at the family table again, Asmara Jati engages alongside the Missing Persons Commission Team led by Aswin Pradana in order to strive to find traces of those who went missing and to record the testimonies of those who returned. This stirring story of Biru Laut and his friends is the story of the desaparecidos of Indonesia. It is the story of a momentous—and still seldom written about—period of Indonesian history that led to the end of dictatorship in Indonesia.

"An ambitious saga that intertwines narration from various generations and creates a wide-ranging picture of Indonesia." — Publishers Weekly "An epic saga of families and friends entangled in the cruel snare of history" (Time Magazine) Home examines the tragedy of political exiles during Suharto's regime (1965-1998) forced out of Indonesia after the 1965 massacre of presumed leftists and sympathizers, alternating between Paris and Jakarta, delving into the lives of the exiles, their families and friends. A story of longing, lust, and betrayal, but also love, laughter, adventure, and mouthwatering descriptions of Indonesian food, Home further illuminates Indonesia's tragic twentieth-century history made known in the West by the Oscar-nominated documentary The Act of Killing. Leila S. Chudori is Indonesia's most prominent female journalist. Home is her debut novel and won Indonesia's most important literary prize in 2013.

Inilah yang kubayangkan detik-detik terakhir Bapak: 18 Mei 1970. Hari gelap. Langit berwarna hitam dengan garis ungu. Bulan bersembunyi di balik ranting pohon randu. Sekumpulan burung nasar bertengger di pagar kawat. Mereka mencium aroma manusia yang nyaris jadi mayat bercampur bau mesiu. Terdengar lolongan anjing berkepanjangan. Empat orang berbaris rapi, masing-masing berdiri dengan senapan yang diarahkan kepada Bapak. Hanya satu senapan berisi peluru mematikan. Selebihnya, peluru karet. Tak satu pun di antara keempat lelaki itu tahu siapa yang kelak menghentikan hidup Bapak. \\ Pada usianya yang ke-33 tahun, Segara Alam menjenguk kembali masa kecilnya hingga dewasa. Semua peristiwa tertanam dengan kuat. Karena memiliki photographic memory, Alam ingat pertama kali dia ditodong senapan oleh seorang lelaki dewasa ketika masih berusia tiga tahun; pertama kali sepupunya mencercanya sebagai anak ‘pengkhianat negara’; pertama kali Alam berkelahi dengan seorang anak pengusaha besar yang menguasai sekolah; dan pertama kali dia jatuh cinta.