Dengan kalimat-kalimat pembuka yang menyentak dan kerap sureal, cerita-cerita di buku ini membuhul kepiawaian mendongeng Faisal Oddang dengan kepekaannya untuk menciptakan gambaran-gambaran yang seolah-olah berada di ambang antara dunia nyata dan tak nyata yang berlatar Sulawesi. (Ronny Agustinus) Sawerigading Datang dari Laut memikat bukan lantaran Faisal menulis Kisah tentang Yang Lain, yang selama bertahun-tahun keberadaan mereka ditumpas dalam senyap oleh negara (dan kadang kadang oleh masyarakat); yang informasi tentang mereka sedikit sekali diketahui; terkubur begitu dalam; tapi terutama karena cerita-cerita tersebut berhasil menularkan kegetiran dan kengerian, membuat siapa pun yang membaca akan terancam. (Azhari Aiyub, penulis novel Kura-kura Berjanggut)
Author
Faisal Oddang was born on 18th September 1994. He finished his study in Universitas Hasanuddin, focusing on Indonesian Literature. His books are: Poetry Collection Perkabungan untuk Cinta (Mourning for Love) and Manurung was shortlisted for Khatulistiwa Literary Award 2018, Novels: Tiba Sebelum Berangkat (Arriving Before Departing) was shortlisted for Khatulistiwa Literary Award 2018, Puya ke Puya (From One Heaven to Another) won 4th place in Jakarta Art Council Novel Competition 2014 and was chosen as the best novel in 2015 by Tempo Magazine. He achieved: Robert Bosh Stiftung and Literary Colloquium Berlin Grants 2018, Iowa International Writing Program 2018, Asean Young Writers Award 2014, Best Short Stories Writers 2014 by Kompas Daily, Prose Writer of The Year 2015 by Tempo Magazine, Best Essayist in Asean Literary Festival 2017. He was invited as a speaker in Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2014, Salihara International Literary Biennale 2015 and Makassar International Writers Festival 2015, and participated in writer’s residency 2016 in Netherland by Indonesian National Book Committee. Email: faisaloddang@gmail.com
