A good input and discussion at Borak Buku yesterday when our guest, Ariff Mohamad whom also author and academician shared his view on Kokoro, a novel by the Japanese author Natsume Soseki which translated to the bahasa as Kalbu.
The selection of Japanese novel not because losing his faith to Malaysian literature, Ariff said, but largely because he want to capture back his reading in younger time. At those time, he said, there a lot of good choice foreign novels which translated to bahasa by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP).
And he went on to share his exciting experience in reading Kokoro either in bahasa or English translatation to the extend he disclosed all the plot of that novel!
But Borak Buku not just about sharing reading experience nor elaborating the whole plot or scene. We just not talked about the novel, its author and literary aspect but philosophical background and impact of modernization in east world including Japan.
For some reason, early discussion centralized in suicide element in this novel but not only in term of religion. We had some length in discussion to differentiate between suicide in term of postwar time and suicide in context of Japanese traditional (harakiri/seppuku).
Fellow author such as Zainal Rashid Ahmad, Muhammad Lutfi Ishak and Saifullizan Yahaya gave a good input about historical, cultural and philosophical background which happen in Japan post Meiji period. We had come to conclusion about loneliness or alienation of post-modernism human in particular author and intellectual, beside their quest of happiness which happen in this era and translated to literary writing including Soseki.
Borak Buku is monthly literary event organized by Young Writer Bureau from Malaysian National Writers Association (PENA) which gave a platform to fellow author or artist to shared their favourite book with audience.
The selection of Japanese novel not because losing his faith to Malaysian literature, Ariff said, but largely because he want to capture back his reading in younger time. At those time, he said, there a lot of good choice foreign novels which translated to bahasa by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP).
And he went on to share his exciting experience in reading Kokoro either in bahasa or English translatation to the extend he disclosed all the plot of that novel!
But Borak Buku not just about sharing reading experience nor elaborating the whole plot or scene. We just not talked about the novel, its author and literary aspect but philosophical background and impact of modernization in east world including Japan.
For some reason, early discussion centralized in suicide element in this novel but not only in term of religion. We had some length in discussion to differentiate between suicide in term of postwar time and suicide in context of Japanese traditional (harakiri/seppuku).
Fellow author such as Zainal Rashid Ahmad, Muhammad Lutfi Ishak and Saifullizan Yahaya gave a good input about historical, cultural and philosophical background which happen in Japan post Meiji period. We had come to conclusion about loneliness or alienation of post-modernism human in particular author and intellectual, beside their quest of happiness which happen in this era and translated to literary writing including Soseki.
Borak Buku is monthly literary event organized by Young Writer Bureau from Malaysian National Writers Association (PENA) which gave a platform to fellow author or artist to shared their favourite book with audience.
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