Kumpulan cerpen ini berisi sepuluh cerpen Ahmad Tohari yang tersebar di sejumlah media cetak antara tahun 1983 dan 1997 Seperti novel-novelnya, cerpen-cerpen Ahmad Tohari pun memiliki ciri khas. Tohari selalu mengangkat kehidupan "orang kecil" atau "kalangan bawah" dengan segala lika likunya Tohari memang sangat mengenal kehidupan orang-orang kecil dan kalangan bawah itu dengan baik. Oleh karena itu ia dapat melukiskannya dengan simpati dan empati sehingga cerpen-cerpen itu memperkaya batin kita
Author
Ahmad Tohari is Indonesia well-knowned writer who can picture a typical village scenery very well in his writings. He has been everywhere, writings for magazines. He attended Fellowship International Writers Program at Iowa, United State on 1990 and received Southeast Asian Writers Award on 1995. His famous works are trilogy of Srintil, a traditional dancer (ronggeng) of Paruk Village: "Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk", "Lintang Kemukus Dini Hari", and "Jantera Bianglala" On 2007, he releases again "Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk" in Java-Banyumasan language which is claimed to be the first novel using Java-Banyumasan. Toward his effort, he receives Rancage Award 2007. The book is only printed 1,500 editions and sold out directly in the book launch. Bibliography: * Kubah (novel, 1980) * Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk (novel, 1982) * Lintang Kemukus Dini Hari (novel, 1985) * Jantera Bianglala (novel, 1986) * Di Kaki Bukit Cibalak (novel, 1986) * Senyum Karyamin (short stories, 1989) * Bekisar Merah (novel, 1993) * Lingkar Tanah Lingkar Air (novel, 1995) * Nyanyian Malam (short stories, 2000) * Belantik (novel, 2001) * Orang Orang Proyek (novel, 2002) * Rusmi Ingin Pulang (kumpulan cerpen, 2004) * Mata yang Enak Dipandang (short stories, 2013)
