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Okky Madasari

    Okky Madasari is an Indonesian novelist renowned for her sharp social criticism. Her fiction delves into pressing societal issues such as injustice and discrimination, fundamentally exploring the nature of humanity. Her academic pursuits focus on literature, censorship and freedom of expression, and the sociology of knowledge. Through her work, she offers readers profound insights into complex social dynamics, prompting reflection on our shared human condition.

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    The Years of the Voiceless
    • 2013

      The Years of the Voiceless

      • 264 pages
      • 10 hours of reading
      4.2(148)Add rating

      "Marni is an illiterate Javanese woman who still practices ancestor worship. Through her offerings she finds her gods and puts forth her hopes. She knows nothing of the God brought in from that faraway land. Rahayu is Marni’s daughter, part of a new generation shaped by education and an easier life. She is a firm believer in God and in common sense. She stands against the ancestors, even against her own mother. To Marni, Rahayu is a soulless being. And to Rahayu, Marni is a sinner. Each lives according to her own creed, with nothing in common. Then come the sounds of the jackboots, constantly disrupting and destroying souls. They are the ones with the authority, the ones who play with power as they desire. They are the ones who can turn the skies and the fields red, and blood yellow, their guns ready to strike anywhere. Marni and Rahayu, these women from two generations who have never understood each other, finally find something in their lives that they agree on. Both are victims of those in power. Both fight against the guns."

      The Years of the Voiceless