Mantra for Attacking the City

Reading Manna's collection of poetry is an orally and aurally therapeutic process. His free-verse and continuously repetitive rhythm and movement intertwines familiar images of Indonesia, in particular of Manna's home city Surabaya. Simultaneously, he treats language in a way that evokes very unusual and sensory moments for the reader.

Citirea colectiei de poezie a lui Manna este un proces terapeutic oral si auditiv. Versurile sale libere si ritmul si miscarea repetitiva continua impletesc imagini familiare ale Indoneziei, in special ale orasului natal al lui Manna, Surabaya.