by Eka Kurniawan · José Olympio · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788503013055
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«A Beleza É Uma Ferida» is the magic realism novel by Eka Kurniawan, published by José Olympio in paperback (462 pages, in Portuguese).
In the fictional Halimunda, the life of Dewi Ayu and her four daughters is marked by rapes, murders and vengeful ghosts. Dewi resurrects after twenty-one years to tell her story. With folklore and satire, the novel traverses Indonesia's past: colonialism, Japanese occupation, the 1965 repression and Suharto's regime.
The original Indonesian title, «Cantik itu Luka», was published in 2002. The Portuguese translation of this 2017 edition is by Clóvis Marques.
For readers of magic realism and historical fiction interested in twentieth-century Indonesia.
Eka Kurniawan is an Indonesian writer and screenwriter.
