Why I Call It Bunga-Bunga Iblis In the Encyclopedia of World Literature, Anton Kurnia calls Les Fleurs du Mal as “Bunga bunga Kejahatan” in Indonesian, a choice that most likely follows the English title Flowers of Evil. Other Indonesian versions circulate as “Bebunga yang Jahat,” “Bunga bunga Jahat,” or “Bunga…
Taming the Animals Without Losing Their Bite: Translating Fables by Jean de La Fontaine Jean de La Fontaine is one of those writers whose simplicity is deceptive. Born in 1621, he is remembered as France’s great fabulist, a poet who gave animals human voices sharp enough to expose power, vanity,…