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FATIMAH BUSU
Fatimah Busu is a novelist, short-story
writer and academic. She is one of
the leading contemporary authors of
fiction in the Malay Language, actively
publishing since the 1970s. She is also
the foremost Malay-language literary
critic.
Ombak Bukan
Biru / The
Waves are Not
Blue
Genre:
General Fiction
(Drama)
The Waves are Not Blue depicts the high
and lows in the life of Imrah, a visionary
young woman torn between traditional
and modern ways of society. Her
struggles in making peace with both
sides in pursuit of her own happiness
has instead isolated her from both her
blood family and her chosen one. The
waves crashing upon her life honed
her young mind and forces her heart
to mature. Through it all, she ponders,
“Where is the end of a woman’s life?”
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