Apple and Knife by Intan Paramadith (WIT Book Club)

Apple and Knife by Intan Paramadith
Published: 2018

"A deeply, brilliantly macabre, visceral collection which pulls very few punches."
— BBC

"Smouldering with black comedy and flickering into moments of unexpected victory. The author throws us into the cauldron of contemporary Indonesia."
— Sydney Morning Herald

Inspired by horror fiction, myths and fairy tales, 'Apple and Knife' is an unsettling ride that swerves into the supernatural to explore the dangers and power of occupying a female body in today’s world.

These stories set in the Indonesian everyday – in corporate boardrooms, in shanty towns, on dangdut stages – reveal a soupy otherworld stewing just beneath the surface. This is subversive feminist horror at its best, where men and women alike are arbiters of fear, and where revenge is sometimes sweetest when delivered from the grave.

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