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4.36 AVERAGE
4.36 AVERAGE
I gotta say, I had VERY high hopes upon starting this book. My mom and dad said it was spectacular, and many of my Indonesian friends (mostly from the internet) have said that it is one of the most influental and mesmerising classic from Indonesian literature. So naturally, I gave myself a read. And to be honest, I was not dissapointed, no, and I do understand why people liked it and why the book is still famous 'til this day, but according to me, nothing from the book reflects positive energy that makes it memorable. At all. So many aspects from this book is slightly "weird" and nasty, and since the author uses so many Javanese (I think) slangs that people might not understand, I was taken aback by all the cursing and really vague descriptions of intimate scenes and all (yes, I didn't know that apparently, the term "ronggeng" basically refers to a prostitute or gigolo at that time... I didn't have enough research). I had really high expectations of it since the story encovers a plit that I've never read about before. But, alas, I wasn't impressed. The story didn't affect me in anyway, ans honestly, the plot and how it "thickens" is messy, and the sub plots that were supposed to be somewhat important, is really not. AT ALL. All characters are jerks (yes) , no one can actually tell who the main character is (I thought it was Srintil, but then there are chapters from Rasus's point of view, then the narrator's point of view, I don't know really).
Now, character review (oof) Okay, I can now finally safely say, that hated Srintil and Rasus the most. Yes, I know, they're the MAIN CHARACTERS. Yes. But what I'm getting is that, um, their characters are too far from what I can tell, protagonists of the story. Their story starts of when Srintil was only 13 (ish) and Rasus was 3 years older than her. She had already aspired to become a "Ronggeng" ever since she was young, because a spirit of "Ronggeng" that was inside her called indang, was inside of her, making her destined to become a "Ronggeng" or a woman that dances to traditional music (day and night if asked) and become a pleasure woman to all men in Dukuh Puruk. She and Rasus were childhood friends, and well, their relationship really was the most inconclusive one I've seen from literature. Srintil was a pompous woman from the start, doesn't want to be anything but a "Ronggeng", I guess it's because she doesn't know what she "is" yet, and just because Rasus was the one that took her virginity (yes, I read that scene more than once, because I wasn't convinced that that happened whatsoever) she suddenly becomes terribly attached and even almost proposing to Rasus because she wants him to be with her forever. Rasus, is just ine of the boys she was close with when they were little. Her "grandfather" was actually Srintil's and he was just taken care of by him because his parents passed away (because of a stupid reason, but I won't go any further) and he didn't have ANY role of contribution to the story, other that taking one's virginity, being (allegedly) in love with Srintil in the most absurd way I've seen, the first man to actually rejects Srintil and left her for a long time, before returning back and ended up marrying her on spite, when Srintil had already turned into a crippling and mad mess. They don't have chemistry (so to say even whrn the book says otherwise), their inly interaction was only innocent and platonic, and their story about one another was in anyway not compelling at all. Srintil, however, probably is one of the most boring heroine ever? She is a confident, smart, beautiful woman, that apparently, by the help of the plot, becomes worse as the story goes, and doesn't have anybcharacter development :/ I kegit expected Srintil to overcome her darkness after a while and actually lived a happy life and forgetting her bad past and enter a new one, but NO, it wasn't like that. AT ALL. all she does is weep, procastinate, isolating herself after she got back from prison, and after getting betrayed by Bajus (at almost the end of the book, even though it's more convinient as a climax but no, apparently) , she became mad, and married Rasus in that state, and lived like that for the rest of her life. What? I just don't get it.
But, if u like classics like these, just give it a read. Who knows, maybe your prespectives can be a lot different than mine!
Now, character review (oof) Okay, I can now finally safely say, that hated Srintil and Rasus the most. Yes, I know, they're the MAIN CHARACTERS. Yes. But what I'm getting is that, um, their characters are too far from what I can tell, protagonists of the story. Their story starts of when Srintil was only 13 (ish) and Rasus was 3 years older than her. She had already aspired to become a "Ronggeng" ever since she was young, because a spirit of "Ronggeng" that was inside her called indang, was inside of her, making her destined to become a "Ronggeng" or a woman that dances to traditional music (day and night if asked) and become a pleasure woman to all men in Dukuh Puruk. She and Rasus were childhood friends, and well, their relationship really was the most inconclusive one I've seen from literature. Srintil was a pompous woman from the start, doesn't want to be anything but a "Ronggeng", I guess it's because she doesn't know what she "is" yet, and just because Rasus was the one that took her virginity (yes, I read that scene more than once, because I wasn't convinced that that happened whatsoever) she suddenly becomes terribly attached and even almost proposing to Rasus because she wants him to be with her forever. Rasus, is just ine of the boys she was close with when they were little. Her "grandfather" was actually Srintil's and he was just taken care of by him because his parents passed away (because of a stupid reason, but I won't go any further) and he didn't have ANY role of contribution to the story, other that taking one's virginity, being (allegedly) in love with Srintil in the most absurd way I've seen, the first man to actually rejects Srintil and left her for a long time, before returning back and ended up marrying her on spite, when Srintil had already turned into a crippling and mad mess. They don't have chemistry (so to say even whrn the book says otherwise), their inly interaction was only innocent and platonic, and their story about one another was in anyway not compelling at all. Srintil, however, probably is one of the most boring heroine ever? She is a confident, smart, beautiful woman, that apparently, by the help of the plot, becomes worse as the story goes, and doesn't have anybcharacter development :/ I kegit expected Srintil to overcome her darkness after a while and actually lived a happy life and forgetting her bad past and enter a new one, but NO, it wasn't like that. AT ALL. all she does is weep, procastinate, isolating herself after she got back from prison, and after getting betrayed by Bajus (at almost the end of the book, even though it's more convinient as a climax but no, apparently) , she became mad, and married Rasus in that state, and lived like that for the rest of her life. What? I just don't get it.
But, if u like classics like these, just give it a read. Who knows, maybe your prespectives can be a lot different than mine!
Dukuh Paruk is a victims of political strife in transition to a “new elite power”. Pada masa orde lama, PKI mencapai puncak keemasannya. Mereka para komunis ingin memperjuangkan hak rakyat dan yang dalam cerita ini, Bakar merupakan sumber utama yang melibatkan Dukuh Paruk tenggelam dalam suasana perang dingin politik dengan memanfaatkan kesenian ronggeng dalam propagandanya untuk menarik simpatisan orasi komunis. Nahas, kehancuran komunis dalam tuduhannya yang melakukan G30S membawa pedukuhan kecil itu ke jurang kehancuran pula.
Well, perhatianku di sini selalu terpaku sama manusia di Dukuh Paruk dan pola hidupnya. Di kehidupannya, mereka gak mengenal tulisan apalagi kenal sama partai-partai yang marak pada saat orde lama yang bikin beberapa diantara mereka terlibat aksi 1965 dan dipenjara. Orang pedukuhan itu hidup dan survive dengan caranya sendiri, meski penuh dengan kebodohan, kemelaratan, cabul dan nilai abstraknya tentang kehidupan yang harus “terima apa adanya”.
Buku ini menyinggung tentang kekisruhan sejarah dan kecongkakannya di atas hidup manusia, kesenjangan sosial yang transparan, patriarki, dan feminisme. Aspeknya sangat dekat sama kehidupan kita sehari-hari, hebatnya Tohari berhasil meringkas hal itu dalam Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk. Diksinya indah, bener-bener indah! Nyaman dibaca meski harus bolak-balik KBBI. Mungkin udah jadi ciri khas tertentu buat Ahmad Tohari deskripsiin apa yang ada di sekitar cerita serta suasananya. Agak membosankan, tapi aku tetep enjoy karena deskripsi yang diutarakan justru menjadi titik temu masalah demi masalah. Dan juga, dari deskripsinya kita bisa ikut merasakan gimana kentalnya adat Jawa tahun 1960-an. Jujur, awalnya agak kaget karena Tohari bener-bener sering nulis “Asu buntung” sebagai ciri khas ucapan di pedukuhan... but it’s ok, i still luv this book
Well, perhatianku di sini selalu terpaku sama manusia di Dukuh Paruk dan pola hidupnya. Di kehidupannya, mereka gak mengenal tulisan apalagi kenal sama partai-partai yang marak pada saat orde lama yang bikin beberapa diantara mereka terlibat aksi 1965 dan dipenjara. Orang pedukuhan itu hidup dan survive dengan caranya sendiri, meski penuh dengan kebodohan, kemelaratan, cabul dan nilai abstraknya tentang kehidupan yang harus “terima apa adanya”.
Buku ini menyinggung tentang kekisruhan sejarah dan kecongkakannya di atas hidup manusia, kesenjangan sosial yang transparan, patriarki, dan feminisme. Aspeknya sangat dekat sama kehidupan kita sehari-hari, hebatnya Tohari berhasil meringkas hal itu dalam Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk. Diksinya indah, bener-bener indah! Nyaman dibaca meski harus bolak-balik KBBI. Mungkin udah jadi ciri khas tertentu buat Ahmad Tohari deskripsiin apa yang ada di sekitar cerita serta suasananya. Agak membosankan, tapi aku tetep enjoy karena deskripsi yang diutarakan justru menjadi titik temu masalah demi masalah. Dan juga, dari deskripsinya kita bisa ikut merasakan gimana kentalnya adat Jawa tahun 1960-an. Jujur, awalnya agak kaget karena Tohari bener-bener sering nulis “Asu buntung” sebagai ciri khas ucapan di pedukuhan... but it’s ok, i still luv this book
Sejujurnya lucu sih selama baca buku ini kepikiran 'wah gilak, ini novel terkaya yang pernah kubaca, kaya bahasanya, kaya jalan ceritanya'. Padahal novelnya berisi kemiskinan suatu desa tetapi cara Ahmad Tohari dalam bercerita bener-bener 'rich'. Terhebat pokoknya Pak Ahmad Tohari! (╥﹏╥)
Bercerita tentang budaya di suatu dusun di Indonesia, yaitu ronggeng. Sejujurnya, baru tahu ternyata ronggeng bukanlah semata penari, tetapi lebih dari itu. Miris sekali membaca kehidupan Srintil yang 'katanya' ditakdirkan sebagai ronggeng. Bagaimana tubuh dan jiwanya menguap perlahan-lahan karena sejarah hidup dan pekerjaannya yang menjadi seorang ronggeng. Rasus, seorang pemuda yang jatuh cinta pada Srintil, dan Srintil pun juga jatuh cinta padanya. Tetapi, terciptanya seorang ronggeng secara tidak langsung memisahkan mereka berdua. Rasus yang tak kuat hidup di Dukuh Paruk, memilih keluar dan menjalani hidup sebagai tentara. Bener-bener cerita sederhana tapi epik!
Ngga perlu diragukan lagi, gaya bahasa Ahmad Tohari bener-bener jossss top markotop! Cara beliau melukiskan keadaan desa sedemikian rupa membuatku seolah-olah hidup di desa itu. Indah banget pokoknya!
Ohiya, di novel ini juga disinggung beberapa sejarah yang pernah terjadi di Indonesia, tahun 1965, dimana lagi gencar-gencarnya PKI menggelora di desa-desa. Baca buku ini tuh menambah wawasan dan pengetahuan walaupjn hanya di permukaan saja. Ini juga salah satu hal yang aku suka dari karya Ahmad Tohari, yaitu kaya akan sejarah. Sangat sangat ku rekomendasikan bagi seluruh rakyat Indonesia (yang sudah legal) untuk membaca karya-karya Ahmad Tohari. Really really worth to read! !
Bercerita tentang budaya di suatu dusun di Indonesia, yaitu ronggeng. Sejujurnya, baru tahu ternyata ronggeng bukanlah semata penari, tetapi lebih dari itu. Miris sekali membaca kehidupan Srintil yang 'katanya' ditakdirkan sebagai ronggeng. Bagaimana tubuh dan jiwanya menguap perlahan-lahan karena sejarah hidup dan pekerjaannya yang menjadi seorang ronggeng. Rasus, seorang pemuda yang jatuh cinta pada Srintil, dan Srintil pun juga jatuh cinta padanya. Tetapi, terciptanya seorang ronggeng secara tidak langsung memisahkan mereka berdua. Rasus yang tak kuat hidup di Dukuh Paruk, memilih keluar dan menjalani hidup sebagai tentara. Bener-bener cerita sederhana tapi epik!
Ngga perlu diragukan lagi, gaya bahasa Ahmad Tohari bener-bener jossss top markotop! Cara beliau melukiskan keadaan desa sedemikian rupa membuatku seolah-olah hidup di desa itu. Indah banget pokoknya!
Ohiya, di novel ini juga disinggung beberapa sejarah yang pernah terjadi di Indonesia, tahun 1965, dimana lagi gencar-gencarnya PKI menggelora di desa-desa. Baca buku ini tuh menambah wawasan dan pengetahuan walaupjn hanya di permukaan saja. Ini juga salah satu hal yang aku suka dari karya Ahmad Tohari, yaitu kaya akan sejarah. Sangat sangat ku rekomendasikan bagi seluruh rakyat Indonesia (yang sudah legal) untuk membaca karya-karya Ahmad Tohari. Really really worth to read! !
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Masih terbayang-bayang perjalanan hidup Srintil, bahkan setelah berbulan-bulan menamatkan buku ini.
Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk pernah diangkat ke layar lebar, namun menurut saya ia patut digarap sebagai epic mini seri. Sangat menikmati perjalanan semua karakter di sini, sebagai pembaca kita ikut tumbuh. Lalu penggambaran Dukuh Paruk oleh Ahmad Tohari, jenis-jenis burung dan suaranya, rasanya akan sangat indah dinikmati juga oleh indra mata.
Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk pernah diangkat ke layar lebar, namun menurut saya ia patut digarap sebagai epic mini seri. Sangat menikmati perjalanan semua karakter di sini, sebagai pembaca kita ikut tumbuh. Lalu penggambaran Dukuh Paruk oleh Ahmad Tohari, jenis-jenis burung dan suaranya, rasanya akan sangat indah dinikmati juga oleh indra mata.
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
the slut from dukuh paruk wd be the best translation for the title but instead we get the dancer mlehhhh
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced