MORNING MOMIJI

This link for online purchase
https://dbpniaga.my/

My first novel in English is out. I thank Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka, the publisher.
The original version of this novel which is in the Bahasa Melayu (Malay) won the Award of Letters 2015 in the novel category (Anugerah Persuratan 2015) in Singapore. There was a period of 6 years before this novel managed to break the gap in the novel category.
Inquiries from non-Malay readers about the novel came in, so I thought to make an English version should cover it.
Here comes the English version.

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Morning Momiji

The call of translating one's work into another language kept on hitting my mind after receiving an award for the novel PAGI SEMERAH DAUN MOMIJI. I told myself that I need to make the book known to non-Malay readers. I started translating the book into English from 6 May 2014. It took me more than two years and it was completed on 23 June 2016.

The manuscript went to DBP on 10 March 2017. At last, I signed the letter of acceptance from the publisher on 30 Sept. 2017.

I needed to write a blurb for the book. It would make the task a lot easier for me just by translating the blurb from the first book which is in Malay, but I thought since the readers in English come from all races, all backgrounds and all countries, it would be better to write from a different angle.
The idea came suddenly while I was resting on the bed from a sudden cold. I grabbed a paper wrapper from the trash bin beside my bed and started the scribbling.

It went under the editor's scanning on 18 Dec. 2017.
Hopefully, the blurb will attract reader's interest in the book.

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