Knife Turns to Scrap, Love Turns to Hatred-Malay Pantun

This book features 37 Malay pantuns along with accompanying images and a detailed introduction to the pantun art form covering topics such as “What is pantun?”, “Variability in pantuns”, “Themes and topics of pantuns”, “Rhyming changes in pantuns”, and “Pantun berkait”. It opens a window on Malay fantasy traditions and folk character as well as on the cultural imaginings of Austronesian cultures in general. More than a translation of poems, this book is an important work of cultural translation.