Monday, July 07, 2008

The Come-Back of the Metaphorical Maestro!

It was 4 years ago, in 2004, when I met 'the great' Ayu Utami at a creative writing workshop. She told us_participants_ that she's now working on her next novel about wall climbers.

About 2 years later, precisely in 2006, English Lit department in UI held a literature appreciation event with anti-violence against women theme. Ayu Utami is one of the keynote speaker. As my friends knew that I was a freakin'fan of Ayu Utami, they told me to be the liason officer for Ayu Utami. I had to pick her up at her house (a great opportunity to peek into her living room, which also her personal library. Never had I seen sooooo many books in one's personal lilbrary, full with rare collection documents!)

On the way to the venue, I asked about her novel in progress. Why so long? I asked, can't wait for more metaphorical sensation of hers. She said that she want to have the best result, not merely catching up with other writers' productivity.

Fair enough, I think. I shall wait for another one or two years for another mind explosions. I bet it's worth it.

And finally, this month I heard a news about her novel: Bilangan Fu. It must be the one she's been working all this time. The one about wall climbers.

So I ordered the novel from the internet. And there it is... The novel I've been waiting for some years... The mystical black cover, the smell of the papers, the weigh of hudreds-of-pages-book on my hand. A new writer's bible.

I've just read the first 60 pages, and this far it's still worth the waiting.
Ayu Utami is still the metaphorical maestro

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6 Comments:

Anonymous mbakyu trisia said...

I've already got the novel last friday......yuhuuuu.......
gw juga ga sabar nunggu2.....pesen online lewat internet biar dapet duluan......hehehe
i'm a big fan of her too.......setelah tulisan2nya disatukan menjadi buku dalam 'parasit lajang'.....gw makin jatuh cinta sama tulisan2 dia..........
membuka pola pikir gw dari sudut pandang gw manusia khususnya sebagai seorang wanita.........;)
'bilangan fu' baru nyampe halaman 107............

Monday, July 07, 2008  
Anonymous veronica kusuma said...

wa,gw baru dapat hari ini nih. penasaran, seperti apa ya isinya?

Monday, July 07, 2008  
Anonymous Thera Paramehta said...

gue sengaja gak mao baca cepet2. baca pelan2 aja... biar gak cepet selesai... hehe. ini kebiasaan gw kalo baca buku yg bener2 bagus. soalnya kl udah abis... gue kehilangan kenikmatan membacanya... hehehe (kl nyampe halaman terakhir, biasanya hati gue berkata 'yha... kok abis?' - great stories should be neverending!)

Monday, July 07, 2008  
Anonymous mbakyu trisia said...

bener juga...... abisnya minggu kmaren dirumah, akirnya seharian gw membaca tuh buku........;)

Monday, July 07, 2008  
Anonymous KAPITALISM kadaver said...

hellyeah..she's the one..penulis2 wanita dr dunia ketiga seringkali mempesona.he.
"gue sengaja gak mao baca cepet2. baca pelan2 aja... biar gak cepet selesai... hehe. ini kebiasaan gw kalo baca buku yg bener2 bagus. " (bgitu sang tuan rumah menulis)
gee..qt punya cr bc yg bd..heheh..sy bkn org penyabar..semakin bgs suatu tulisan..semakin cpt sy membaca..hahah..cr bc yg merugikan memank..makanya sy menebusnya dgn bc berulang-ulang...ah, sy kangen shakuntala dan larung..

Thursday, July 10, 2008  
Anonymous R Saras said...

beberapa minggu yang lalu baru beli, tapi belum menyentuh satu halaman sekalipun. tapi gue yakin, bilangan fu pasti ga akan mengecewakan. :)

Friday, July 11, 2008  

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