Stories from the archipelago | The Dancer by Royyan Julian

Posted: 30 May 2017

The Dancer by Royyan Julian

Pali, a beautiful young dancer, falls in love with Muson, a married, influential strongman. The inevitable ensues… bubbling gossip, jealousy, a quest for revenge with witchcraft, and then murder.

“That evening the sky over the village flashed with a dull red glow. The strange sky made people think that a supernatural battle was being waged between the two candidates. No one dared go outside.”

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the Author

Royyan Julian studied literature at Universitas Negeri Malang and Universitas Gadjah Mada. His books are: Sepotong Rindu dari Langit Pleiades (2011), which won the short story award LeutikaPrio, Tandak (2015), which won the Sayembara Sastra Dewan Kesenian Jawa TImur award, and Metafora Ricoeurian dalam Sastra (2016).

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