Pemaparannya mengingatkan saya pada ‘gaya’ (kalau boleh saya sebut demikian) Charles Dickens: ‘bercerita’, mengalir, dan tiba-tiba ‘menukik’ ke ending. Kita tidak ‘dibebani’ persoalan rumit. Kita bahkan diajak mengembara ke kehidupan antah-berantah, yang anehnya, sebetulnya justru membawa kita masuk ke ‘kehidupan’ kita sendiri.
His style reminds me of the style of Charles Dickens: telling the story, flows, and suddenly had brought us to the end. We don’t borne by difficult things moreover we leaded to the “never land”, which is brought us to our own lives.
YANUSA NUGROHO, novelist, author of "Manyura", "Segulung Cerita Tua"
Respon Sosial
Dalam beberapa cerpennya, Donny berhasil menciptakan dunia rekaan yang terasa aneh namun berangkat dari penghayatannya terhadap berbagai masalah sosial di sekitarnya…
In his short stories, Donny had created imaginary world that seems extraordinary but it based on reflection of his surroundings...
SAPARDI DJOKO DAMONO,poet,author of "Hujan Bulan Juni"
Bikin penasaran
Cerpen-cerpen DNA membuat orang penasaran membacanya sampai selesai
karena kejutan sering muncul di akhir cerpen...
Short stories of DNA made had raised up the reader’s curiosity and keep them read his work till the end because the ending always suprising...
PAMUSUK ENESTE, literature critic, senior editor from GRASINDO
The Apple Tree Blossoms in The Fall, is the life journey of Carineh - a child, a teenager, a wife, a mother, but most of all a woman of purpose. From stories of her parents held-up by bandits; the white donkey gifted by Khomeini; her father's death f
Soldier's Gap is a non-traditional mystery with literary elements. The high school principal is brutally murdered, but Deputy Sheriff Dave Jenkins's search for meaning and love is a much more significant theme.
"Murder isn't usually this fun
High school student Kevin Borden has a secret and his name is Louis Lannegan. He also has an overbearing mother. A tale of coming out in the shadow of parents and friends. Award winning novella.
