Azab dan Sengsara (Torment and Misery)
Description
Author: Merari Siregar
Publisher: Balai Pustaka
Year Published: 1920
Category: Fiction
This novel by Merari Siregar tells about the love story of Aminuddin and Mariamin who cannot have each other. Mariamin and Aminuddin loved each other, but their love story broke up because Aminuddin married another woman. As an escape Mariamin married Kasibun. After getting married, it turns out that Kasibun has a sexually transmitted disease. This made Mariamin refuse to have sex with her husband. Because of the lust that is not channeled it makes the two of them bicker. Kasibun, who had dark eyes, began to take pictures and tortured Mariamin. This makes Mariamin's life like torment (azab) and misery (sengsara).