Service95 Recommends Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu

Happy Stories, Mostly

Norman Erikson Pasaribu

Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu is a collection of 10 short stories that question conventional portrayals of queerness.

What We Say: “From one of Indonesia’s most revolutionary authors, merging science fiction with tropes of absurdism and historical retelling, Happy Stories, Mostly masterfully flips the narrative on what it means to be queer”- Jamie Styles

What They Say: “A new and magical voice emerging in literature, yet one almost preternaturally wise, profoundly celebratory of the history and possibility of poetry” —Christos Tsiolkas

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