Book Launch | Namaku Alam

Shortly after he turned 33, Segara Alam started revisiting his journey from childhood to adulthood. All events were imprinted vividly in his mind. Thanks to his photographic memory, Alam remembered the first time he was held at gunpoint by an adult man when he was three; the first time his cousin insulted him as “a child of a traitor of the nation”; the first time he fought with the child of a business tycoon; and the first time he fell in love. 

Leila S. Chudori’s latest novel shares the same universe with her 2012 novel Pulang (English translation: Home by John McGlynn). Telling the story of Alam, the son of a 1965 ex-political prisoner which was burdened by the ‘New Order regime curse’. A coming of age story about a young man trying to define his identity; whether he exists in a world with a historical burden on his shoulders, whether he could survive without a father figure whom he hasn’t had a chance to know.

Supported by Kepustakaan Popular Gramedia.

Pada usianya yang ke-33 tahun, Segara Alam menjenguk kembali masa kecilnya hingga dewasa. Semua peristiwa tertanam dengan kuat. Karena memiliki photographic memory, Alam ingat pertama kali dia ditodong senapan oleh seorang lelaki dewasa ketika masih berusia tiga tahun; pertama kali sepupunya mencercanya sebagai anak ‘pengkhianat negara’; pertama kali Alam berkelahi dengan seorang anak pengusaha besar yang menguasai sekolah; dan pertama kali dia jatuh cinta.

Novel karya terbaru Leila S.Chudori ini adalah karya yang satu jagat dengan novel Pulang (KPG, 2012). Mengisahkan Alam, putera eks-tahanan politik 1965 yang dilimpahi ‘kutukan Orde Baru’. Sebuah kisah coming of age tentang seorang anak lelaki yang mencari identitasnya; apakah dia hadir di dunia dengan beban sejarah di pundaknya, atau bisa bertahan tanpa atribut ayah yang tak sempat dikenalnya.

Didukung oleh Kepustakaan Popular Gramedia.