He soon meets a French girl named Vivienne Deveraux during the 1968 revolution in Paris. With his three friends, Nugroho, Tjai and Risjaf, Dimas tries to resume his life in Paris by establishing a restaurant.Įven though he had a girlfriend back in Indonesia, Dimas knew it was time to move on with his life. He is accused of being involved in the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) that is responsible for the death of nine army generals.
He attends a press conference in Santiago, Chile, and later finds himself stranded in France after the Indonesian government denies his Indonesian citizenship. “Pulang” follows the story of Dimas Suryo who was exiled during the September 30th Movement in 1965. Other than Sitok, the dramatic reading of the novel to celebrate the book launch at Goethe-Institut also featured actors Slamet Rahardjo, Ine Febriyanti, Reza Rahadian, Raline Shah and film director Joko Anwar. In this story, “dust and bugs” refers to accused supporters of Indonesia’s Communist Party. “Pulang” is a story about love, hatred and betrayal that sheds light on two of Indonesia’s darkest periods in history - the 19 revolutions. “The army is the disinfectant, and we were only bugs and dust that need to be swept off from the earth,” he said, reciting a sentence from “Pulang,” a new novel by journalist and film critic Leila Chudori. Then, slowly but surely, Sitok began to recite an excerpt from memory. His arms were crossed and his face was bearing the signs of a troubled mind. Poet and writer Sitok Srengenge pondered in silence as the spotlight slowly lit the stage at the auditorium of the Goethe-Institut, Jakarta, on Wednesday. Novel ‘Pulang’ Asks Tough Questions of Indonesia
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