‘...written with a storytelling technique that is at once intense, serious, explorative, and intriguing.’ - The Judges’ Panel, Jakarta Arts Council Novel Writing Competition 2012 From a rhyme, a writer extracts a line and makes it into a title, before layering sentence upon sentence until a novel is finally formed. I feel this is a fitting way to celebrate the existence of words, especially in a world which often fails to acknowledge how they came into being and consequently squanders them. But writing is not the only path, for there is another way to celebrate, and that’s through reading. - Seno Gumira Ajidarma