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- Saman adalah novel pertama karya Ayu Utami yang diterbitkan oleh Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia pada bulan April 1998. Novel ini berkisah tentang seorang mantan pastur bernama Saman dan empat perempuan yang bersahabat dari kelas enam SD sampai mereka dewasa, yaitu Yasmin Moningka, Shakuntala, Cokorda, dan Laila. Novel Saman pada awalnya direncanakan sebagai fragmen dari novel pertama Ayu Utami, Laila Tak Mampir di New York namun kemudian karya tersebut diterbitkan menjadi dwilogi Saman dan Larung. Novel Saman mengambil tema seksualitas dari perspektif perempuan yang masih tabu pada masanya sehingga mengundang kontroversi. Latar belakang novel ini adalah Indonesia pada tahun 80-an dan 90-an pada masa rezim Orde Baru memerintah dengan otoriter. Tokoh-tokoh dalam novel ini harus bergulat dengan kondisi sosial, politik dan budaya Indonesia pada masa itu. Walaupun sebagian besar latar di novel Saman mengambil tempat di Indonesia, khususnya Prabumulih, Jakarta, dan Medan, novel ini juga mengambil latar di New York, Amerika Serikat. Ayu Utami dengan novelnya Saman dianggap telah menciptakan pergerakan sastra baru yang dikenal sebagai sastra wangi yang kemudian diikuti dengan beberapa penulis wanita lainnya seperti Djenar Maesa Ayu, Dinar Rahayu, , Ratih Kumala, Maya Wulan, dan Fira Basuki. Novel Saman memenangkan Sayembara Roman Dewan Kesenian Jakarta pada tahun 1998. (in)
- Saman is an Indonesian novel by Ayu Utami published in 1998. It is Utami's first novel, and depicts the lives of four sexually-liberated female friends, and a former Catholic priest, Saman, for whom the book is named. Written in seven to eight months while Utami was unemployed, Saman sold over 100,000 copies and ignited a new literary movement known as sastra wangi (originally used pejoratively) that opened the doors to an influx of sexually-themed literary works by young Indonesian women. Saman deals explicitly with themes of sexuality, taboo for women writers in Indonesia at that time. She also writes about the supernatural and mysticism. Utami has said the stories reflect some of her personal experiences, such as her loss of religion which mirrors that of the priest, Saman. Utami also includes passages reflecting the destructiveness of Suharto's political authoritarianism; in later interviews she said the political realities reflected in Saman are still applicable to post-Suharto Indonesia. Saman won the 1997 Jakarta Arts Council Novel Competition, which led to its publication. Critical reception was mixed. Some critics praised the richness of its language, while others derided the novel for its sexual explicitness and questioned whether it was Utami's own work. The novel eventually was hailed for its groundbreaking portrayal of a woman's views of sexuality. As of 2008, it has been translated into six languages and won several awards, including the 2000 Prince Claus Award. A film adaptation is in the making. (en)
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- Saman adalah novel pertama karya Ayu Utami yang diterbitkan oleh Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia pada bulan April 1998. Novel ini berkisah tentang seorang mantan pastur bernama Saman dan empat perempuan yang bersahabat dari kelas enam SD sampai mereka dewasa, yaitu Yasmin Moningka, Shakuntala, Cokorda, dan Laila. Novel Saman pada awalnya direncanakan sebagai fragmen dari novel pertama Ayu Utami, Laila Tak Mampir di New York namun kemudian karya tersebut diterbitkan menjadi dwilogi Saman dan Larung. (in)
- Saman is an Indonesian novel by Ayu Utami published in 1998. It is Utami's first novel, and depicts the lives of four sexually-liberated female friends, and a former Catholic priest, Saman, for whom the book is named. Written in seven to eight months while Utami was unemployed, Saman sold over 100,000 copies and ignited a new literary movement known as sastra wangi (originally used pejoratively) that opened the doors to an influx of sexually-themed literary works by young Indonesian women. (en)
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