Happy Stories, Mostly Fantasy Told from the point of

Told from the point of view of Seema’s child at the moment of his birth and infused with the poetry of Wordsworth

their new friendship quickly blossoms into a steamy

who has always been an object of at best

and Grandma’s tea could take the paint off a fence

Happy Stories, Mostly Fantasy Told from the point ofBy Norman Erikson Pasaribu, translated by Tiffany Tsao In their stunning fiction debut, queer Indonesian writer Norman Erikson Pasaribu blends together speculative fiction and dark absurdism, drawing from Batak and Christian cultural elements. Longlisted for the International Booker Prize, Happy Stories, Mostly introduces one of the most important Indonesian writers today (Litro Magazine). These twelve short stories ask what it means to be almost