Kalau Tak Untung (If Not Lucky)
Description
Author: Selasih (Sariamin Ismail)
Published: Balai Pustaka
Year Published: 1933
Category: Fiction
Kalau Tak Untung (If Not Lucky) is the first novel by the first modern Indonesian woman writer of the Pujangga Baru (New Poet) generation, known as Selasih. At this time women wrote books, especially literary books were not common. Sariamin Ismail, when writing this book he used the pen name Selasih. This book tells the story of life in a rural area in West Sumatra. Through the main character in Kalo Tak Untung, he tells about the hardships of life experienced by women at that time. Including the issue of customs and the ideal woman in the household and social life.