Laksmi Pamuntjak is an award-winning Indonesian novelist, poet, food writer, and journalist. Her debut novel, Amba, won Germany's LiBeraturpreis, was short-listed for the 2012 Khatulistiwa Literary Award, and appeared on the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung's Top 8 list of the best books of the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2015. She is also the author of two collections of poetry and five editions of the bestselling and award-winning Jakarta Good Food Guide, and she has served as translator for Indonesian poet and essayist Goenawan Mohamad. Cofounder of Jakarta's Aksara Bookstore,
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Tahun 2006: Amba pergi ke Pulau Buru. Ia mencari seorang yang dikasihinya, yang memberinya seorang anak di luar nikah. Laki-laki itu Bhisma, dokter lulusan Leipzig, JermanTimur, yang hilang karena ditangkap pemerintah Orde Baru dan dibuang ke Pulau Bur... SEE MORE