Hearing the Voices of Spiritual Children and Traveling Friends Goenawan Mohamad
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- 13 Mar 2023
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GM's writing reveals the human tragedy that sometimes hides behind one word: dictatorship. This book about GM's work needs to be scrutinized by readers of the academic community and the general public in order to get to know GM more closely.
Book title: Reading Goenawan Mohamad
Authors: Rizal Mallarangeng & Andy Budiman, Agus Sudibyo, Ni Made Purnama Sari, et al
Editor: Ayu Utami
Publisher: Gramedia Popular Library
Year of Publication: Printing I, 2022
Bold: x + 453 pages
Print ISBN: 978-602-481-944-6
Digital ISBN: 978-602-481-931-6
Are you a fan of the "Side Notes" section? Or an admirer of Goenawan Mohamad? Are you at odds with this figure who is often called the GM? Similar questions may be answered in the book Reading Goenawan Mohamad . This book collection of articles was born from a seminar held by Salihara and the Utan Kayu Community on March 25-27 2022 to celebrate GM's 80th anniversary.
GM's writing reveals the human tragedy that sometimes hides behind one word: dictatorship. So that GM's trident position as "literature, insight, and freedom fighter" is not taken for granted, a book about GM's works needs to be examined for readers in the academic community and the general public to get to know GM more closely. The extent to which "emancipation" is identified by the editor as the spirit of GM's struggle is revealed through the various writings in this book edited by Ayu Utami and Alpha Hambally.
The first part contains seven articles from generations of writers who in the Introduction are called "directly inspired" by GM and "live the world of literature and journalism" (page ix) as GM. Part II collects nine articles on GM's interpretation of Western philosophy contributed by writers who work on philosophy intensely. Read More…
