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ZIGGY ZEZSYAZEOVIENNAZABRIZKIE PUBLISHES YET ANOTHER BOOK: 'TIGA DALAM KAYU'

Recently published the widely popular published 'Kita Pergi Hari Ini' last October 2021, Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie publishes yet another book, titled 'Tiga Dalam Kayu'.

11.03.2022
BY WILHEMINA BOWEN
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Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie, the author of award-winning literary works 'Semua Ikan Di Langit' and 'Di Tanah Lada', just published 'Kita Pergi Hari Ini' last October 2021. However, recently, it turns out that the author publishes yet another book.

The book, entitled 'Tiga Dalam Kayu', was published by Kepustakaan Popular Gramedia. Planned to be released on March 30, 2022, readers can start ordering this book through certain channels and partners and get attractive preorder bonuses. Preorders will also get this book earlier, which is on March 18, 2022.

The story itself has more or less been leaked through its dystopian nuanced plot. It is said that in the future, the library is like a prehistoric cemetery. There, in the unknown future, live a girl and eleven books that tell history in their own way.

The stories in the books often feel strange, sometimes so foreign, sometimes the other way around: it feels so close, like we already know what the stories are really about. Each book tells a completely different story from the others, but the readers – as the girl – know that there is one thing that connects the eleven books.

The readers are also invited to immerse themselves in the world outside the book which is no less strange, foreign, yet close.

 
 
 
 
 
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Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie and her literary works
Ziggy once revealed that her father greatly admired David Bowie's 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' (1972) album. He then named his four children Ziggy, only their 'middle' names are different.

They all have the same 'last name', but it's all written together with their 'middle names'. One that inspired the father for his third child's last name was the 1970 film Zabriskie Point by Michelangelo Antonioni. Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie herself is the third child.

In publishing her work, Ziggy often uses pen names, such as Ginger Elyse Shelley, or simply Zee or Ziggy Z. In one interview, Ziggy admitted that she used these pen names because she was not comfortable when other people talked about her work. Especially, when they try to relate these stories to her personal life.

To date, Ziggy has published more than 30 fiction books. Before 'Semua Ikan Di Langit', which won the 2016 Jakarta Arts Council Novel Contest, she published the novel 'Di Tanah Lada' using his real name, Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie.

Her works are known to have interesting perspectives and are packed with unusual narratives. Apart from the four books mentioned above, her other books which are quite popular are 'Jakarta Sebelum Pagi', 'My Name Is Luca', 'White Wedding', and 'Fantasteen: Lucid Dream'. The author is known to be quite active on Twitter, using her account @monamicroissant.

 
 
 
 
 
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