Wayang Stories

Mira Arumi likes certainty. Schedules. Deadlines. Silence. Then she meets Prama Jenggala-a cultural curator, dalang, and Kanjeng Pangeran Arya from Yogyakarta whose life seems to move to a different rhythm entirely. In the Netherlands, what begins as a conversation slowly unfolds into something neither of them intends: shared coffees, long walks beneath Dutch skies, wayang performances accompanied by contemporary music, and a growing collection of ordinary moments that refuse to remain ordinary. As Javanese culture quietly survives far from home-not through grand ceremonies but through habits, stories, rituals, and memory-Mira finds herself drawn into a world she never expected to enter. Semilir of Last Tenderness is a slow-burning literary novel about friendship, culture, belonging, and the rare people who change our lives simply by remaining beside us. Some relationships arrive with fireworks. Others arrive like a gentle breeze.

Arjuna dan Banowati. Kisah mereka hampir terlupakan seakan hanya sebuah hubungan perselingkuhan biasa. Tetapi ada banyak cerita , pengorbanan dan kesetiaan hati untuk memegang teguh sebuah janji.

Long before the world knew of cursed energy outside Japan, a forbidden ecosystem began to take root in the shadow of colonialism. In the spice-laden ports of Batavia and the blood-soaked plantations of the Dutch East Indies, human suffering bled into the land, giving rise to a powerful and untamed force of cursed energy. The locals whispered of the True Shamans-cursed sorcerers whose power could not be contained by Japan's borders, and whose influence would alter the fate of the region forever. Decades later, the stories of the Shamans have faded into myth, but the land still pulses with the energy they left behind. In the present-day, two unlikely partners find themselves at the heart of this dark legacy