Saman
Country: Indonesia
Author Name: Ayu Utami
Publisner Name: KPG (Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia)
Original Language: Indonesian
SAMAN is a story filtered through the lives of its feisty female protagonists and the enigmatic “hero” Saman.
It is at once an exposé of the oppression of plantation workers in South Sumatra as well as a lyrical quest to understand the place of religion and spirituality in contemporary lives.
It is a playful exploration of female sexuality and a story about love in all its guises while touching on all of Indonesia’s taboos.
Saman has taken the Indonesian literary world by storm and sold over 100,000 copies in the Indonesian language and has been translated into nine languages.