Book Review :" Pulang" (Go home) by Tere Liye

       1.       Type                                      :Fantasy, action,

2.       Title                                       :

"Pulang" (Go Home)

3.       Author/Writer                     : Tere Liye 

4.       Publisher                              : Republika Publishing

5.       Year of Publication             : 2015, eight’s printing

6.       Total pages                          :  400 sheets

7.       Summary

Go home, the words that can be mean back to the latest place, when we felt tired about anything, need some rest and maybe need some soul reflection after all of the things that we do are done.  That’s the story about this book. But, it’s not about an usually story about a man who want to go home. To achieve “go home” in this story, the main character must through fight by fight, then all the surprised things that he must faced on. Bujang , a general young boy, lived and grew up at the rural place in Sumatra. One day, there are a boss called young Tauke arrived in their rural, he went to go there because of hunting wild boar which disturbed people around there at that time. Then, Bujang ask a permission to his parents to follow up young Tauke go to the jungle. But Mamak (his mother) look  like won’t him to go. They will make a big hunting over the jungle like their plan on a long time ago. Like his mother said, Bujang just accepted to watch their activities, and forbidden to get fight with the wild boar . with a spear that his father gave to, on his hand,  he went to the jungle, through the valley to the main jungle of Sumatra. When the night are comes, his chest is feels like be splited, his fear on himself was feels like taken out from there. Then, on that night too, Bujang relised there are an amazing heritage on himself, and he never feelt scary again after that night. Next day, young Tauke ask a permission to Bujang’s parents for taking him to the city with him. His father was accepted, but his mother won’t. but then, Bujang is gone with young Tauke with an promises. Then his mother said to Bujang “promise, that you’ll safe your stomatch from forbiddened foods and drinks, and dirty things, Bujang. So that, if you’re get an injury, dark on your heart, you’ll stil have one white pointed. Hope that’s all can be useful. And calling you to go home someday.”- page 24th. Then 20 years latters, Bujang is transformed into an amazing man. Academic, sturdy, and sharped eye. He met the strongest president. Warn him to do not make a changes for anything, disturb how ever Tong’s family bussines. Tong’s  family has a bussines named shadow economy. “Shadow economy is an economy that walk under the table, on the dark room. Because of that, people usually called it as black market too or underground economy. But it wasn’t an bussines that walk to sale drugs, forbidden medicine and so on. It walk on money loundering, weapon selling, sophisticated technology, retail, transportation, capital market, foreign money, crude oil, and so on. But all of them are walk on the black market. Not known by  public, not registered on the government, and clearly not covered by media. We stand up behind the shadow, Stare at the drama of people's lives.” – page 30th. After that the plot was turning back on the past time. When the first time Bujang arrived on the city, met some new friends, one of that is named Basyir, a boy who inspired by a horse rider knight of Beduin. Then it’s clear what the young Tauke’s purpose for Bujang, to make him be the first bouncer on the Tong’s family. But, instead of practicing martial arts and self defense, Bujang was instead asked to learn to "beat paper with pens" guided by Frans, an American teacher. He felt do bored . Then he asked to Tauke to make compare him with the other friends: practicing martial arts and participating in operations. Tauke stays at his conviction. Until his patience was almost gone, Tauke challenged Bujang to join the Amok ritual. The ritual was simple, one against ten or even hundreds of fighters. If he can be able to stand a certain during of time, he wins. Single fight is only asked to survive for last twenty minutes. Unfortunately he only can holding on for 19 minutes. He failed, so he still had to study with Frans. But the wisdom of Amok ritual is he could have  opportunity to learn martial arts. After studying with books and pen during the day, he learned boxing at night. His first teacher was Kopong. Commander of the worker at the Tong Family. For days or even months he practices was felt very hard. Finally Bujang can maked  the teacher KO. It means that his first training is complete and must change teacher. The next teacher was more great, His name is Master Bushi. Original Japanese, he is one of the Samurai foghter in this modern age. With Master Bushi, Bujang practicing using swords, katanas, shurikens, and etc. Exciting training with reliable ninja. For months, Bujang continued to practice. Until it arrived when Master Bushi said enough. Then Bujang trained with Salonga. A sniper from the Philippines. With his shooting teacher he also learned the philosophy of life. Countless how much he failed and was fooled by Salonga. But he never gave up.  Then finally Bujang defeated his teacher again. After practicing for a long time and trying hard, Bujang can shoot Salonga at first before Solonga. And that means the lesson with Solonga is done. Then before Salonga left, Bujang received a colt pistol from Salonga. Besides practicing self defense, Bujang also continued to study. Bujang was graduated from the University when he was 22 years old. But then, a statement that happiness and sadness are just as good as it turns out to be true,then happiness disappears without a trace. Bujang gets a letter from his father. A letter was tell him that mamak (his mother) is gone. His heart sliced and he crying in silence. That sadness was took a half os his spirit, but then while he was received a master's degree abroad. his coming back was apriciated so good by Tauke. But then another bad news comes again and pulled down his happiness. A latter comes again to Bujang and it contents is to announce Bujang that his father was passed away. That was ten years ago, he left Talang on the Sumatra and he was never back to go home, to met his father and mother again. Since his father passed away, his spirit was gone again, then he got an ill, his physic are going down day by day, but then he got an healing. Then finally his spirit are come back again because of Kopong who was telling story about his parents at the past.   The Tong family who slowly crawls up the level, from the rulers of the provincial-level shadow economy become the rulers of the national and even international shadow economy. Until, up to one point. When the Tong Family was at the higest position, the traitor appeared. One day, Tong’s family will moved on the capital city. But suddenly they gots an attackted. No one bouncer on the house. The defense of Tauke are lose. That opportunity was used by Bujang, he wanna show up that he deserved to be a bouncer. But it was the first time he kill someone. Then time by time are passed, there was a traitor in one of the member Tong’s family. Yes, the traitor was Basyir. By a long time ago, Basyir was making plan to grab Tauke’s position. He tell Bujang that Tauke want him to go home, but when Bujang arrived in the home, actually Tauke isn’t want him to go home or waiting for his arrived. He was aware, what they’re did aren’t a threat but a treason. Then Bujang tell Joni to turn on the warn alarm. But no one people in Tauke’s side. So Bujang try to fight and hold out as long as he can. But then Tauke passed away on that incident. E was so sad. Since after that incident Bujang hate the adzan of subuh, because he was always remember when he hear it.  about the most people who he loved and left him gone. Then Bujang met Tuanku Imam, he invited Bujang to the tower and see a view from there. After that Bujang got the answer from his question. Tuanku Imam have explained something that make Bujang’s spirit come back. Then Bujang makes plan to backfire Basyir. Bujang gethering up people who’s still have a loyality with him. Then Bujang’s Plan was walks successfully. During the battle with Basyir, while Bujang on the recessive situation, Bujang felt that his body due a transformation. When the Basyir’s khanjar ( kind of Arabic knife) fly away to his body, he felt that his body was disappear. Basyir felt more and more angry. But then Salonga’s group are arrived to help Bujang’s group fight in the war. Then Basyir’s group are lose and finished the war. After 4th weeks of the war Bujang decided to look up his parent’s cemetery. He is going back to his home. He was go back to the home, but he did not turn back to the Mamak’s (mother) lap, and did not turn back to his father’s hug.  Bujang is going back home for God's call. God's call to returning back Bujang’s life to His way.