Rebel

Rebel
Saat Omar

One day, Khairul visits his bedridden mother in the hospital and learns that his father is a Jewish jazz musician living in New York City. “I longed for a father’s love. Throughout my teenage years, I searched for friends I could lean on in moments of sweetness and madness. As I grew older, I became such an arsehole that none of the village kids wanted to befriend me. When I met Amri and Melur, it felt as though a new life had begun for me.” REBEL explores friendship, identity, generational questions, and the nature of being. / Suatu hari Khairul bertemu dengan ibunya yang terlantar di hospital dan diberitahu bahawa bapanya seorang pemuzik jazz Yahudi yang tinggal di kota New York. “Aku dahagakan kasih seorang ayah. Sepanjang remaja, aku mencari sahabat yang boleh aku sandarkan saat-saat manis dan kegilaan. Bila aku membesar aku adalah seorang arsehole sehingga tiada anak kampung yang sudi berkawan dengan aku. Bila aku bertemu dengan Amri dan Melur, ia seolah-olah bermula satu kehidupan baru buatku.” REBEL menyentuh tentang persahabatan, identiti, persoalan generasi dan juga being.

166 pages, Paperback, 115 x 184 mm, Digital Print, Fourth Edition, 2015

ISBN 9789671066386

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