Search Results: Malaysia - Literature from The Penang Bookshelf

George Town, Penang: Sinaran Brothers, 1963. Paperback. Good. A collection of Malay literary gems with a bibliography for further reading. 65 pages. Weight: 0.3 kg. * Post free within Malaysia. A previous owner's name is written in ink on the inside front cover which is a bit crumpled in one corner, faded and dirty in parts. The book's title has been written in ink on the spine. The first three or four pages are creased. The binding is tight and the text clear with mild tanning.

Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2004. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. The author, whose specialist field of research is Malay novels written by women, focuses on more than twenty of such novels to demonstrate how women's views have changed since independence. Instead of having romance as their main theme, these novelists focus on paid employment and its effect on social attitudes. They demonstrate that it is possible to be involved in politics, travel and hold powerful jobs while remaining modest and moral. xi and 365 pages.Weight 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia Although the book is fresh from the publisher's stock, it has a bit of cover wear.

Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017. First edition. Paperback. New. A collection of critical essays examining various aspects of the work of one of Malaysia's best known novelists. The contributors discuss Ahmad's style, his concepts of identity, the role of women, symbolism used, his ideas on education and many other aspects of his works. 428 pages with an index. Weight 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2016. First edition. Paperback. New. A collection of critical essays examining various aspects of the work of one of Malaysia's best known creative spirits, who has made a mark as an artist, playwright, novelist and poet. The contributors discuss various aspects of his novels, plays and poems. 238 pages with an index. Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. Hardcover. New/new. This volume contains a collection of papers arise from a 2010 conference where participants, from both expatriate and Malaysian academia. shared their views on a wide range of writings, both private and published, of expatriate traders and colonial officials while living in the Malay World of the 18th to 20th centuries. The varied analyses not only give important insights into how the writers saw themselves, but also into 'native life' that they sought to understand and often explain to their compatriots at home through fiction and faction (dramatised facts.) 243 pages with an index. Weight 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia

George Town, Penang: Sinaran Brothers, 1957?. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. A review of Malay Literature. 180 pages. Weight: 0.3 kg. * Post free within Malaysia. A previous owner's name is written in ink on the inside front cover and the book's title is written on the vertical text block. The end papers have medium tanning and the rest of the book light tanning. The binding is tight.

Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2006. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. The author discusses the works of one of Malaysia's best known short story writers to determine elements of his activism aimed at brining about change in society. Like many Malay fiction writers, Usman Awang wrote about changes he saw in the society in which he lived, but he was unusual in that he also had a formed view of what his model society would look like. The author focuses Usman Awang's main themes of bangsa (culture), poverty, leadership and death to determine the true nature of Usman Awang's vision. 359 pages with a bibliography and index. Weight 0.7kg. Post free within Malaysia Although fresh from the publisher's stock, the book does have minor cover wear.

Penang, Malaysia: Sinaran Brothers, 1958. Paperback. Very Good. A collection of Malay metaphorical sayings. 42 pages. Weight: 0.3kg. Post free within Malaysia There is a previous owner's name has been written on the inside front cover and the book's title has been written on the text block. The binding is tight and the text clear with medium tanning throughout.

Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. A collection of extracts from the works of Malaysian literary leaders. The book includes fiction, poetry and, drama from the writing of Keris Mas, Shahnon Ahmad, Usman Awang. A Samad Said, Arena Wati, Muhammad Haji Salleh, Noordin Hassan & Abdullah Hussain. The extracts were originally written in Malay and have been translated into English 334 pages. Weight 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has a little bit of wear, the spine is slightly sunned, but not creased. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is no tanning throughout.

Singapore: Malaysia Publications Limited, 1965. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. A review of the state of poetry and its development during this period by one of the 'literary pioneers' of Singapore and a noted poet. 155 pages. Weight: 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia There is some slight shelf wear, a previous owner's name is written in ink on the inside front cover. and there is medium tanning of the endpapers. Otherwise the binding is tight and the text clear with no tanning.