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Malin Kundang. Malin Kundang is a popular folktale in Indonesian folklore that originated in the province of West Sumatra. The folktale tells of an ungrateful son named Malin Kundang and centers around the themes of disobedience and retribution that turned him into stone. Aside from this folktale, there are several other similar variations ...
The Red Tent. The Red Tent is a historical novel by Anita Diamant, published in 1997 by Wyatt Books for St. Martin's Press. It is a first-person narrative that tells the story of Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah, sister of Joseph. She is a minor character in the Bible, but the author has broadened her story. [1]
Electronic literature. Electronic literature or digital literature is a genre of literature where digital capabilities such as interactivity, multimodality or algorithmic text generation are used aesthetically. [1] Works of electronic literature are usually intended to be read on digital devices, such as computers, tablets, and mobile phones.
The Malay Annals ( Malay: Sejarah Melayu, Jawi: سجاره ملايو), originally titled Sulalatus Salatin ( Genealogy of Kings ), [1] is a literary work that gives a romanticised history of the origin, evolution and demise of the great Malay maritime empire, the Malacca Sultanate. [2] The work, which was composed sometime between the 15th and ...
Gapurosukolilo, Gresik. Era. Majapahit. Organization. Walisongo. Malik Ibrahim (died 7 April 1419), also known as Sunan Gresik or Kakek Bantal, was the first of the Wali Songo, the nine men generally thought to have introduced Islam to Java. [1] : 241. His habit of placing the Qu'ran on a pillow led to him receiving the nickname Kakek Bantal ...
v. t. e. The encyclopedic novel is a literary concept popularised by Edward Mendelson in two 1976 essays ("Encyclopedic Narrative" [1] and "Gravity's Encyclopedia" [2]) referring to a work of fiction with an exhaustive, encyclopedia -like scope and writing style. In Mendelson's formulation, encyclopedic novels "attempt to render the full range ...
448. ISBN. 1-905802-04-8. Followed by. The Garden of Evening Mists (2012) The Gift of Rain is the first novel by Malaysian novelist Tan Twan Eng. It was published in 2007 by Myrmidon Books in the United Kingdom and the following year by Weinstein Books in the United States, and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize that year. [1]
26262582. Dewey Decimal. 892/.736 20. LC Class. PJ7846.A46 M513 1993. Miramar is a novel authored by Naguib Mahfouz, an Egyptian Nobel Prize -winning author. [1] It was written in 1967 and translated into English in 1978. It was made into a film in 1969. [2]