This book is translated from Bahasa Malaysia to English and the original title is ‘Sungai Mengalir Lesu’ that was written by A. Samad Said. The story is about the history of British trying to get back Singapore from the Japanese army. This novel takes place in World War II in Singapore (Temasik). At this time people inhumane towards each other and they are being selfish, they care less about other people than themselves. A lot of innocent people were killed in this era and it has almost become a natural thing to happen in this kind of world that we are living in.
Thus, I would highly recommend this book to people who lived through the war or maybe our current army, police and their relatives. Because this is such a meaningful book to them, they can feel what the author’s trying to say in a brilliant imaginative story. To the army, this story will raise their spirit to fight the enemy for our country’s sake. Furthermore, to the relatives they might find this book as a motivation and appreciation for their loved ones. Current army and police will be motivated and keep on fighting for our country will full spirit.
After that, in my view this book Lazy River is suitable for History Lecturers, because they can increase their knowledge about war about something past that happened with their students. What make people in that environment survive, how make them be strong to continue, proceed their life. Next, Lazy River witten by A Samad Said, this book is suitable to read for students. Students must be appreciative when they read this book. Because of this book exposes the complexities and turbulence of life in Japanese- occupied Singapore. The characters experience problems to the life we know of today.
CONCLUSION
A.Samad Said’s imagination is so powerful and unique, this is because the readers can actually imagine how it is happening during that time. This book is very intriguing to people who love history, A. Samad Said made it