Happy Stories, Mostly Fantasy a young boy on the

a young boy on the spectrum at odds with a neurotypical world determined to “cure” him

Part crime story

Will she finally find her happily ever after—and her own voice

Struggling with what they don’t know about themselves and one another

eventually

Happy Stories, Mostly Fantasy a young boy on theBy 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