Well, I hate reading and the books or novels that I read were the one made compulsory for my study. I hardly buy any novels and I only read the one own by my friends, thanks to them I know what novels are. I can’t bear reading romantic novels thus I opt for something different and I found it last year, the novels written by Ramlee Awang Murshid. I finished his trilogy novels in just a few days but it’s not the novels that I want to talk about because it belongs to my roommate.
I would like to share about a novel that I buy on my own, the only one. It was during the early days when I’m in Bandar Utama. Along with Ruby and Eliza, we went to MPH Bookstore in 1 Utama, searching for something or anything. Because I never buy novel on my own, I’m thinking of buying one but I don’t know what kind of novel I should buy so I walked around the store, surveying each genre including the best-seller shelf. Sadly, none of the books do attract me.
Then, suddenly, my eyes catch a book on the last row of the book shelf; it was brown in colour with a picture of pocket watch on it. I don’t know why but my hand suddenly grabs the book and I started to read the synopsis at the back. I found it rather interesting and made up my mind to buy it. It was the first full novel written by Shahriza Hussein; Legacy.
Yes, from the title itself it tells that the book is related to history which is half of it were facts as he juxtaposed facts and fiction. I love history and I’m good at it, I always score for my history paper. I was born with the good sense of history in my blood. My mind was struggling while reading the books as I needed to differentiate between what were true and what were made up. Shahriza did a splendid job in juxtaposing his writing with the story handed down by his elders.
The novel started with the assassination of J.W.W.W Birch. Mastura , who worked as an interpreter for Sultan Abdullah and Birch was so devastated as she did had a good relationship with Birch. Later, she kept the timepiece belongs to Birch as a talisman throughout her life. She was then, portrayed as an independent woman who was successful in business. Then, it tells the story of her descendant Raja Khatijah and Sharifah Aisyah. Along the way of the story, Shahriza tells the facts about the Perak Treaty, political, social and economic developments of the Malay States and Perak during the British rule, Japanese Occupation and Independence. The novel ended with Raja Khatijah returning the timepiece to the owner of the timepiece, Birch.
At first i found that i must be crazy to buy the book simply because I were attracted by its cover but he did wrote a beautiful novel that worth my penny. I finished the book within 7 hours as I cannot stop myself from reading the books yet I try to read it as slow as I can to savour every page. Shahriza put woman as the main character, independent woman who does not really rely on man but to work with man in order to success. Other than that, he showed how the relationship among the races were built during those days and how they maintained it. The story flow smoothly, I get carried away with the book and I like it.
I would like to share about a novel that I buy on my own, the only one. It was during the early days when I’m in Bandar Utama. Along with Ruby and Eliza, we went to MPH Bookstore in 1 Utama, searching for something or anything. Because I never buy novel on my own, I’m thinking of buying one but I don’t know what kind of novel I should buy so I walked around the store, surveying each genre including the best-seller shelf. Sadly, none of the books do attract me.
Then, suddenly, my eyes catch a book on the last row of the book shelf; it was brown in colour with a picture of pocket watch on it. I don’t know why but my hand suddenly grabs the book and I started to read the synopsis at the back. I found it rather interesting and made up my mind to buy it. It was the first full novel written by Shahriza Hussein; Legacy.
Yes, from the title itself it tells that the book is related to history which is half of it were facts as he juxtaposed facts and fiction. I love history and I’m good at it, I always score for my history paper. I was born with the good sense of history in my blood. My mind was struggling while reading the books as I needed to differentiate between what were true and what were made up. Shahriza did a splendid job in juxtaposing his writing with the story handed down by his elders.
The novel started with the assassination of J.W.W.W Birch. Mastura , who worked as an interpreter for Sultan Abdullah and Birch was so devastated as she did had a good relationship with Birch. Later, she kept the timepiece belongs to Birch as a talisman throughout her life. She was then, portrayed as an independent woman who was successful in business. Then, it tells the story of her descendant Raja Khatijah and Sharifah Aisyah. Along the way of the story, Shahriza tells the facts about the Perak Treaty, political, social and economic developments of the Malay States and Perak during the British rule, Japanese Occupation and Independence. The novel ended with Raja Khatijah returning the timepiece to the owner of the timepiece, Birch.
At first i found that i must be crazy to buy the book simply because I were attracted by its cover but he did wrote a beautiful novel that worth my penny. I finished the book within 7 hours as I cannot stop myself from reading the books yet I try to read it as slow as I can to savour every page. Shahriza put woman as the main character, independent woman who does not really rely on man but to work with man in order to success. Other than that, he showed how the relationship among the races were built during those days and how they maintained it. The story flow smoothly, I get carried away with the book and I like it.
firt. i tot shariza is a woman
ReplyDeletesecond. 7 hours? i bet the page is under 100
i haven't finish read that book though i had borrowed from u for weeks!
ReplyDeletehahahaha...
sharing is good, especially when it's books we're talking about ;)
ReplyDeletekind regards,
Derick
mud- its 300++ and yes, i tot he is a she. haha
ReplyDeleteell- hang memang~
derick- i hope i have more books to share