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One Day is a novel by David Nicholls, published in 2009. A couple spend the night together on 15 July 1988, knowing they must go their separate ways the next day. The novel then visits their lives on 15 July every year for the next 20 years. The novel attracted generally positive reviews and was named 2010 Galaxy Book of the Year. [1]
Teeuw writes that the novel portrayed the interior struggle of a "new kind of human", [b] one who is the result of a mixture of Eastern and Western cultures. [32] According to Christie, earlier themes in Indonesian literature such as feudalism and forced marriage are not intrinsically significant to the character's lives in Belenggu .
Azab dan Sengsara ([ˈazab ˈdan seŋˈsara]; Pain and Suffering) is a 1920 novel written by Merari Siregar and published by Balai Pustaka, Indonesia's major publisher at that time. It tells the story of two lovers, Amiruddin and Mariamin, who are unable to marry and eventually become miserable.
Besides preventing criticism of the colonial government, Balai Pustaka blocked all work that might be conducive to any sort of religious controversy, and anything "pornographic" was avoided: even a novel featuring divorce had to be published elsewhere. At the same time, school libraries were founded and were supplied by the new publisher.
It is called either the Balai Pustaka period (Indonesian: Angkatan Balai Pustaka) or the 20s period (Indonesian: Angkatan 20). [9] Aside from that, researchers and critics of Indonesian literature conventionally consider the formation of Balai Pustaka and publishing of Azab dan Sengsara as the beginning of modern Indonesian novel. [ 4 ]
Muslim bin Haji Burut [1] (15 April 1943 – 15 June 2021), pen name Muslim Burmat, was a writer from Brunei who wrote a great deal of literature, particularly novels and short stories that are used in Brunei's educational institutions.
Pamuntjak’s two novels in Bahasa Indonesia, Amba/The Question of Red and Aruna dan Lidahnya, were published in 2012 and 2014 respectively, while her first novel in English, Fall Baby (which was later published in Bahasa Indonesia as Kekasih Musim Gugur) came out in 2019.
Marah Roesli was born in Padang, West Sumatra on 7 August 1889, and died in Bandung, West Java on 17 January 1968. He was one of the most well-known Indonesian authors from the Balai Pustaka period.