The Koro Riots by Faisal Tehrani, Translated by Brigitte Bresson - ISBN: 9789815127843
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Shrinking manhoods spark riotous revolution against a bizarre dictator’s reign.

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    272 pages

  • Release Date

    30 January 2024

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Summary

A provocative political satire questioning the most important datum regarding the manhood.

The Koro Riots is a satire regarding the political struggle in an imaginary country called Hujung Manani, a former French colony in South East Asia. Its leader, Priapus, is a dictator. His wife Datin Lotis, uses black magic, namely the power of a weretiger. The narrative revolves around the Koro epidemic which occurs in this republic. It is a mental illness which affects men who believe…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9789815127843
ISBN-10:9815127845
Author:Faisal Tehrani, Translated by Brigitte Bresson
Publisher:Penguin Random House SEA
Imprint:Penguin Random House SEA
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:30 January 2024
Weight:306g
Dimensions:216mm x 136mm x 17mm
About The Author

Faisal Tehrani, Translated by Brigitte Bresson

Faisal Tehrani (also known as Mohd Faizal Musa) is a Malaysian author. Faisal has won numerous literary prizes and awards, and is often deemed as a controversial author for experimenting various forms and proposing alternative discourses in his works. Among his best remembered works are 1515 (translated into French and published by Les Indes Savantes), and The Professor (translated into English) in 2020. As an academic most of his works centred around human rights, and alternative discourses.

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