Tales From the Big Durian

The Durian is a contentious fruit; loved by manyway to make a living.
whilst others are disgusted by its strong smell, andOnto the streets of this teeming City, were luxurious
strange appearance. Jakarta, one of South-east Asia'sShopping Malls collide with street hawkers selling
largest and least known Cities, is aptly nicknamed theeverything imaginable, and Porsches battle with the
"Big Durian." Tales from the Big Durian, is a collectionmost dangerous buses in East Asia, for space on
of true stories and experiences, that cross lines ofJakarta's gridlocked roads.
"normality," and takes readers in the surreal life of aStories are often "human" stories; the anonymous
mega-city torn between western modernization, andstreet food seller outside a western-style bar, or the
traditional beliefs.residents of a crumbling apartment block, that has a
The book starts with a short story about thereputation of being haunted. People who exist but
differences in cultural beliefs, were locals prefer skinoften are the nameless characters that make the
whitening creams to exposing themselves in the hot,City of Jakarta, so interesting.
tropical Indonesian sun. It leads onto a collection ofEach page Invites you to a very real World, you can
bizarre, and funny tales were expatriates and localsexperience first hand by flipping through an
mix, leading to a chaotic mix of misunderstandings,assortment of stories, which either confuse, bring joy
that end up as confusing as they first started.or plain old disgust.
As you travel through a growing ultra-modern City toWelcome to the surreal, and yet very real World of
the crumbling tenements, and shacks of the poor.the "Big Durian."
Where a society lives on the edge of earthquakes,"Tales from the Big Durian," is available in ebook
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