Salina, finally
This has been going on for over a year. And finally, today, I burned the files and both are ready to be printed. We have two versions, A: Limited Edition and B: exclusively from Popular.
Have you read Salina? Salina is a novel written by Datuk A. Samad Said (Pak Samad) and it was first published in 1961. After claiming back his publishing rights, Pak Samad decided to print it under his own company, Wirabukit Sdn Bhd. I was trusted with the design job from cover to typesetting. I proposed many cover designs and these 2 were the favourites.
Salina tells a story of a lady who works as a prostitute to earn a living after the Second World War. Salina was born rich but the war robs her loved ones away from her. You can read full review here: http://blog.aseankorea.org/archives/1700
34 Comments
Nurul
Salina! Have always wanted to read it but couldn’t find one. I guess now I can huh? I love the first design! The 2nd one reminds me much of Twilight book cover huhuhu
Fara
both designs are cool! tapi i love the first one better .. first one tu mcm mudah sket nk interprate, and lebih commercial, and nampak lagi Emila Yusof’s drawing.. 2nd one tu mcm lebih ‘bertapis’ .. ada makna sebalik kupu2 di dalam genggaman tangan manusia… 🙂
bubbles182
EH, it was never been reprinted? I thot the version I have is the reprinted version. O.O cos I bought it in the 2000s, tak mungkin the original version kot? ok balik rumah ni i have to check.
btw, nice designs kak ems! make me want to have both version lagi.
Vera
Congratulations with your project! The story is interesting. I wonder if the book reaches the Philippines once printed.
Oldstock
I have read Salina. Great story and really worth re-printing. My vote goes to cover A.
Syuq
Saya suka A sebab ianya lukisan (^_^)…lagipun nampak macam novel yang menarik untuk dibaca. B nampak misteri, macam cerita yang agak berat.
Abang sulung saya guru sastera. Banyak novel sastera di rumah sejak 20 tahun yang lalu. Saya pun tak pasti saya dah baca ke belum… Tapi sebab ada lukisan K.Em, saya mesti dapatkan juga buku ni. Boleh beli dari K.Em tak?
Mariuca
chop
Mariuca
Congrats Emila! At last selesai juga! 🙂
Mariuca
I am drawn to the first cover but love the shade of blue in the second version.
Mariuca
Either way, both are pretty! 🙂
azyan
since A is better and A is limited, I’d sat “way to go kak Emila!” you made me wanna buy limited ones. haha
emila
After 15 October you can 🙂 Popular will have it exclusively.
emila
Betul tu, yang second lebih metafora berbanding yang pertama, agak ‘direct’.
emila
Alamak ya ke? Ok, I have deleted the phrase….hehehe. For the book’s prelim, I was furnished with the info that it was first published in 1961. There is no information about the next re-prints.
emila
Thanks, Vera! The story is very ineresting, I have read it before I came out with the covers. I hope it will translated soon into English and hope it’ll reach the Philippines.
emila
Thanks, Vera! The story is very interesting, I have read it before I came out with the covers. I hope it will translated soon into English and hope it’ll reach the Philippines.
emila
I have read it also while doing the typesetting before I came up with the covers. Thanks for the vote 🙂
emila
Syug, boleh beli melalui saya juga. Mahu tandatangan Pak Samad sekali?
emila
yay chop!
emila
At last! Hehehehe lega rasanya!
emila
Hehe of coz must have that shade of blue, my fav.
emila
Thank you! I love both too. But there’s one favourite that did not make it. Later I will post the picture.
emila
Yes!! Thank you, hehehe.
Insyirah
I like design B!(Salina reminds me of my teacher)
And next week (8th October) is the final exam at my school!
kawaiidysha
wow sangat mengagumkan, pernh baca tp xabis pun:P
cikcloudy
kak em.. i like the first one… 🙂 mcm kena je ngan storyline cite tu
Th
Sound interesting worth to read
hime s
5 years of the book’s age or 50 years of popular’s? the best book from pak samad!
hime s
50*
emila
Buku Pak Samad.
Syuq
Nakkkk!!!!!! Maklumkan saya bila dah boleh beli ye!
bubbles182
Can get Pak Samad Said’s signature?? ME WANT TOO!!!!
Nessa
I was about to ask you who did the illustration for the cover, no mentioned about it on the book … then I googled it and got this link! LOL! I don’t know how I missed this post.
So glad I have both covers, my fave is definitely the sleeping girl. I’m just on page 2… my BM dah berkarat, some paragraphs I had to re-read over and over again. It’ll probably take me weeks to finish it but I can’t wait to find out how the story unfold.
I’m curious to see other illustration (your fave) that didn’t make it.
emila
Heheh ya la, we forgot to include the credits LOL
It’s good that you are reading this novel, it will brush up your BM again, Banyak perkataan Melayu lama also.