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Indonesia's Peter Pan: Ziggy Z delivers dark subjects with a child's eye
Award-winning author Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie has published another book that looks relatively harmless at a glance yet is deceptively angsty and dark.
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Adult fiction: After graduating from Mizan's Fantasteen, Ziggy started producing young adult fiction, such as "Jakarta Sebelum Pagi" (Jakarta Before Dawn). (Courtesy of Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie) (Personal collection/Courtesy of Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie)
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ward-winning author Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie has published another book that looks relatively harmless at a glance yet is deceptively angsty and dark.
Papers and books pile up across the living room of Ziggy's residence in Bandar Lampung — miniature cars and Lego bricks poke out here and there.
Sharing her workspace with her father and sister, as well as two active toddlers, is Ziggy, a 28-year-old self-taught author who recently published her latest novel, Kita Pergi Hari Ini (atau Tempat-Tempat Indah dalam Mimpi-Mimpi Anak-Anak Baik-Baik) — We're Leaving Today (or Beautiful Places in Good Children's Dreams).
"For Kafka, a very naughty little boy, and Minka, a very noisy little girl," reads the dedication page of the novel, referring to Ziggy's nephew and niece, who were the inspiration for characters Mi and Ma. The toddlers are often seen screen-bombing the author during her online promotional talks.
The first preordered batch of the novel launched officially on Gramedia Pustaka Utama's Shoppee Mall and Tokopedia accounts on Oct. 14, with the limited amount of 1,500 sold out in less than 24 hours.
Under Gramedia Pustaka Utama as her publisher for both titles, Ziggy announced a reprint recently on her Twitter account, @monamicroissant, alongside another one of her books, Di Tanah Lada (In the Land of Peppers), which earned Ziggy her first Jakarta Arts Council's Award as a runner-up in the 2014 Novel Competition.
