Badai Pasti Berlalu (novel)

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Badai Pasti Berlalu
ISBN
979-686-001-5

Badai Pasti Berlalu ([ˈbadai ˈpasti bərˈlalu]; English: The Storm Will Surely Pass) is an Indonesian novel written by Marga T and published in 1974. It spawned award-winning film, music album, and a song of the same name.

Plot

Siska, a young woman, was heartbroken after her fiancé broke off their engagement and married her friend. Unwilling to see his sister depressed, her brother Johnny introduced her to womanizing friend Leo. Leo manages to make Siska happy. However, unknown to Siska, Leo was only interested in her as part of a bet.

After overhearing Leo discussing the bet with his friends, Siska runs away from Leo and is found by night club pianist Helmi. Helmi blackmails Siska into marrying him, threatening to tell her mother that her father is having an affair with a younger woman. Eventually becoming unable to stand Helmi's actions, Siska returns to Leo.

Release and reception

Badai Pasti Berlalu was originally released in installments in

Gramedia Pustaka Utama in 1974. It sold well, selling 24,000 copies in a short period of time, a "fantastic amount" at the time,[2] despite costing more than ten times the cost of a magazine.[2]

Legacy

Badai Pasti Berlalu was

Rolling Stone Indonesia.[4] Rolling Stone Indonesia later listed the film's title song as the third best Indonesian song of all time.[5]

The film was remade by Teddy Soeriaatmadja in 2007.[6]

References

  1. Gramedia Pustaka Utama
    . 2007. Sixteenth printing. (Indonesian)
  2. ^ a b Musisiku Republika. p. 195. (Indonesian)
  3. ^ Badai Pasti Berlalu Archived 16 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. FilmIndonesia.org. (Indonesian)
  4. Rolling Stone Indonesia
    . December 2007. (Indonesian).
  5. Rolling Stone Indonesia
    . December 2009. p. 37. (Indonesian)
  6. ^ Badai Pasti Berlalu Archived 18 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine. 21 Cineplex. (Indonesian)
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