Saman is a story filtered through the lives of its feisty female
protagonists and the enigmatic "hero" Saman. It is at once an expos
of the oppression of plantation workers in South Sumatra, a lyrical
quest to understand the place of religion and spirituality in
contemporary lives, a playful exploration of female sexuality and a
story about love in all its guises, while touching on all of
Indonesia's taboos: extramarital sex, political repression and the
relationship between Christians and Muslims. Saman has taken the
Indonesian literary world by storm and sold over 100,000 copies in
the Indonesian language, and is now available for the first time in
English. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ayu Utami was born in Bogor, grew up in
Jakarta and obtained her bachelor degree in Literature Studies from
University of Indonesia. She worked as a journalist for Matra,
Forum Keadilan, and D&R. Not long after the New Order regime
closed Tempo, Editor, and Detik, she participated in the founding
of Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists to protest the
closure of those three weeklys. Currently she is working for the
cultural journal Kalam, and at Teater Utan Kayu. Saman was awarded
the Prince Claus Award in the year 2000.
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