RAY SHABIR is a writer and artist from Jakarta, Indonesia. His first book, Public Feelings & Other Acts, was published in September of 2018, followed by its own exhibition titled Gallery of Anxiety the following year. His newest book, Kink, will be published in August 2021 by Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia (KPG) publishers. With his works, Ray seeks to create a visual landscape that expresses his reality, beneath its soft reverie. For more about the author, you can go to @rayshabir and check out @shabooks_ for his literary works.
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Public Feelings & Other Acts
In his debut, Ray Shabir shines a spotlight on the Realm of his adolescence, before facing the inevitable truth of growing up. In Public Feelings & Other Acts, a collection of theatrical range of works, Ray raises his glass in his own tribute of youth. Public Feelings & Other Acts matures into a kaleidoscopic memoir. It opens up to the reader through a series of essays, poems, prose, and other forms of writing. Completed with striking visuals that aid his storytelling, the author takes on his own personal accounts of growing up, from creativity to partying to loneliness to heartache. The book is a documentation of the author’s personal period of time, in order to reflect and acknowledge his own coming-of-age before moving forward. Written in a voice that is unapologetically personal yet critically distant at the same time, he makes his odyssey toward adulthood — unquestionably his own. “Ray Shabir stands anxiously naked in the center stage to declare his deepest feelings publicly. Filled with agony, contradictions and self-doubt, he tries to heal through the many faces of New York he has encountered.” –Lucky Kuswandi, Film Director “Reading Public Feelings is learning about Ray, but more extraordinarily, about yourself. His gift of storytelling invites readers to embrace the authenticity of their own feelings and connect with the universal truth of growing up. Even after its initial release, the book gets better the longer it lingers in your mind. With each reimagining, Public Feelings unveils new layers of understanding, making it a literary gem that ages like fine wine. “ –Fathia Izzati, Musician
Penulis: Ray Shabir
Editor: Anida Nurrahmi & Krisna Pradipta
Perancang
Sampul: & Penataletak: Ray Shabir
Konsultan Proyek: Shuliya Ratanavara
Kategori: Fiksi, Novel, Short Stories
Terbit: 11 Oktober 2023 (Cetakan ketiga), Agustus 2019 (Cetakan kedua), September 2018 (Cetakan pertama)
Harga: Rp150.000
Tebal: 320 halaman
Ukuran: 135 mm × 200 mm
Sampul: Softcover
ISBN: 9786024248666
ID KPG: 592302187
Usia: 17+
Bahasa: Inggris
Penerbit: POP