THE BEGGAR AND “SHOLAWAT BADAR”
Posted on 2009 under Agus B. Harianto, Ahmad Thohari, PUstaka puJAngga, Short Story | No Comment4 Oct
Written by Ahmad Thohari
Translated by Agus B. Harianto
The bus I took entered Cirebon bus station when the sun almost reached summit of the sky. The stinging sun increased the heat of old diesel engine to roast that bus along with its contents. Fortunately, the bus was not so full that each passenger doesn’t have to stand close one another to have body contact. But on my left side someone used newspaper fan just to blow the smell of sweat trough the air. Behind, the cigarette smoke came out of a man’s mouth that in his half sleepy condition. Read more… »