Love interwoven with Southeast Asian cultural nuance.
"Sayang" offers a journey through complex emotional landscapes, stirring a blend of curiosity and empathy in a setting rich with Southeast Asian cultural textures. In exploring the tribulations of Joe Samy's personal life, the novel presents a tapestry of human connections infused with the subtle meaning of 'sayang.' It's for readers who appreciate a narrative that intertwines love's tenderness with its inherent sorrows, making for a poignant and culturally evocative read.
ISBN: 9789812042910
Authors:
Gopal Baratham
Publisher: Times Books International
Date of Publication: 1991-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.14
(rated by 21 readers)
Description
"Though I rarely had occasion to use it, I know the word and its implications well. It was truly a Southeast Asian word, soft as its people and well-understood from Marang to Manila, Surabaya to Sulawesi, Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu. It describes a love bound to sadness, a tenderness trembling on the edge or tears, a passion from which pity could not be detached... I did not realise how fully I would understand saying. Had I known, I would have given it more thought." Joe Samy suspects that his wife, Ri is pulling the blinds on him. So he engages the rough but affable private eye, Sigmund Lee, to track her movements. As he is led on a roundable ride, Joe succumbs to temptation himself, first with a transsexual, then with his son’s girlfriend. Events begin to take a twist for the macabre as Ri falls mysteriously ill and his son, Kris, submits his body to a drug peddler while Joe himself tangles with a defrocked priest. As his family falls apart, Joe Samy, now vulnerable and not so smug, takes a hard lesson from life on the true meaning of 'sayang.' (Note: Sorry! Book description for this title is not available.)
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