Buku ini menghimpunkan 20 buah cerpen pilihan Malim Ghozali PK yang sarat dengan persoalan mengangkat isu-isu penting dalam menanggapi kehidupan masyarakat yang berada dalam pelbagai konflik pertambungan tradisi dan moden hari ini. Kesemua cerpen membawa nilai-nilai pemikiran yang positif, bervariasi, dan berlatar belakang budaya yang sangat kuat. Watak dan latar yang dibina dalam kesemua cerpen memberi keperibadiannya yang tersendiri sehingga menjadikan karya ini unik dan tekal. Paling penting, karya ini membentuk kekuatannya dengan memberikan warta tempatan yang cukup kental sehingga menjadikannya bahan etnografi dan pemikiran tempatan yang unik dan khusus.
Author
Dr. Mohamed Ghazali bin Abdul Rashid or better known by his pen name Malim Ghozali PK (4 March 1949 – 18 June 2020) was a Malaysian writer and laureatte from Perak. He was crowned as the Sasterawan Perak (Writer of Perak) in 2014. He authored a variety of literary works such as Novels and short stories. He also received numerous awards including the Southeast Asian Writers Award (SEA Award) in 2013. Mohamed Ghazali bin Abdul Rashid was born in Malim Nawar, Perak on 4 March 1949. He began his studies at Sekolah Melayu Gunung Panjang before continuing his studies at Sekolah Menengah Anderson Ipoh. He then went on to graduate from the University of Malaya and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1973. In addition, he also participated in the Creative Writing Fellowship program at the Center for Creative Arts in Virginia, United States. On Thursday, 18 June 2020, he died of cancer at Serdang Hospital, Selangor at 11.20 am. His death occurred after a surgery to remove the tumor on the heart the day before. His funeral prayer was held in Surau Ad Duha, Kota Damansara after Asr and was buried in Kota Damansara Islamic Cemetery in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. He is survived by two widows and six children.
