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THE LAND OF FIVE TOWERS

Book ID/图书代码: 00000212B54920

English Summary/英文概要: Alif had never set foot outside of West Sumatra. He passed his childhood days searching for fallen durian fruit in the jungle, playing soccer on rice paddies, and swimming in the blue waters of Lake Maninjau. His mother wants him to attend an Islamic boarding school, a pesantren, while he dreams of public high school. Halfheartedly, he follows his mother’s wishes. He finds himself on a grueling three-day bus ride from Sumatra to Madani Pesantren (MP) in a remote village on Java.

On his first day at MP, Alif is captivated by the powerful phrase man jadda wajada. He who gives his all will surely succeed. United by punishment, he quickly becomes friends with five boys from across the archipelago, and together they become known as the Fellowship of the Manara. Beneath the mosque’s minaret, the boys gaze at the clouds on the horizon, seeing in them their individual dreams of far-away lands, like America and Europe. Where would these dreams take them? They didn’t know. What they did know was: never underestimate dreams, no matter how high they may be. God truly is The Listener.

The Land of 5 Towers is the first book in a trilogy written by A. Fuadi—a former TEMPO & VOA reporter, photography buff, and a social entrepreneur. He went to George Washington University and Royal Holloway, University of London for his masters. A portion of the royalties from the trilogy are intended to build Komunitas Menara, a volunteer-based social organization which aims to provide free schools, libraries, clinics and soup kitchens for the less fortunate. To learn more about Komunitas Menara and their activities, check out www.negeri5menara.com

Chinese Summary/中文概要: 阿利夫從未涉足西蘇門答臘以外的地方。他在叢林中尋找墜落的榴槤果,在田間玩耍足球,在瑪寧嬌藍色的湖泊中游泳中,渡過了自己的童年時光。他的母親希望他參加伊斯蘭寄宿學校,一所回教學院,雖然他夢想的是公立中學。但他還是心不在焉地遵從了母親的意願。在上學的進程中,他發現自己要坐上三天時間的公車,才可以從蘇門答臘島到達印尼爪哇島上偏遠村莊上的這所達尼回教學校。

在達尼回教學校的第一天,阿利夫就被措辭強硬的男子jadda wajada所吸引。他賦予他成功所需的一切信心。他們一同接受懲罰,很快地他就成為群島上五個男孩的朋友,和他們一起成立了著名的馬納拉助學基金。在清真寺的尖塔下,男孩們凝視著天邊的雲浮,就像是看見每個人的夢想在美國和歐洲之地。這些夢想會將帶他們引向何方?他們無從知曉。但有一點他們知道:那就是永遠不要忽視的夢想,無論他看起來是那麼地高不可攀。上蒼是能夠聆聽到你的真正心聲。

《五塔夢田》是A. Fuadi所撰寫三部曲中的第一部自傳作品。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况:在印尼当地卖了200,000 册。
從蘇門答臘到美國的一部感人至深的和振奮人心的勵志故事

About the Author/作者介绍: Ahmad Fuadi,1972年出生在西蘇門答臘,瑪甯嬌湖邊上的一個叫Bayur的小村莊。Fuad為了達成母親的願望,前往印尼爪哇島參加宗教學校。在旁多克現代回教學校,他有幸遇到了kiai和ustad,這兩位真誠傳授他世界和未來知識的導師。Gontor還教給他簡單但功能強大的曼特拉(尤指四吠陀經典內作為咒文或禱告唱念的)頌歌,jadda wajada — — 還賦予給他獲得成功的信心。
從Padjadjaran學院獲得國際關係學學位後,他成為《Tempo》雜誌的一名記者。他在新聞界中的第一部叫好的報告文章便是在Tempo雜誌社一位元資深記者指導下完成的。1999年,他在富布賴特獎學金的資助下,從美國喬治•華盛頓大學獲得了媒體和公共事務碩士學位。並和妻子Yayi— — 也是《Tempo》雜誌社的記者一同在華盛頓特區 — — 共同實現童年的夢想。當他們在美學習時,他們還是《Tempo》雜誌社的通訊員和美國之聲(VOA)的記者。他們一同報導了,如美國9 11悲劇時期,五角大樓、白宮和國會山的所發生的歷史性新聞事件。
2004年,當他收到倫敦大學的皇家霍洛威學院所頒發的紀錄片研究的英國志奮領(英國外交大臣官邸)獎學金時,他的人生開啟了另一個新的篇章。作為一個獎學金獲得者,Fuadi總是對他的教育之路充滿著熱情,並尋求著更多的獎學金機會。他曾在加拿大、新加坡、美國和英國學習生活。
這個攝影愛好者曾為美國自然保護協會,國家自然保護協會非政府機構,擔任過通訊主任。目前,Fuadi正忙於寫作,作為推動本地和國際教育事業的演講人,為説明缺乏教育的貧困地區,建立一個社會的基礎基金。
《五塔夢田》獲得了無數獎項,包括2010年的赤道文學獎(初選名單)和2010年最受歡迎的小說作家及印尼讀者的布克獎。2011年,Fuadi因其對教育的貢獻和推動作用,榮獲Liputan6獎。

Ahmad Fuadi was born in Bayur, a small village on the edge of Lake Maninjau, West Sumatra, in 1972 . Fuadi traveled to Java to fulfill his mother’s request that he attend a religious school. At Pondok Modern Gontor (Gontor Modern Pesantren), he met kiai and ustad who were blessed with sincerity to teach knowledge of this world and the next. Gontor also taught him the simple yet powerful mantra, man jadda wajada—he who gives his all will surely succeed.

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