Kampung Boy

Beloved by millions of readers in Southeast Asia, Kampung Boy is a humorous, fictionalized graphic memoir about a Muslim boy growing up in Malaysia.

With masterful economy worthy of Charles Schultz, Lat recounts the life of Mat, a Muslim boy growing up in rural Malaysia in the 1950s: his adventures and mischief-making, fishing trips, religious study, and work on his family's rubber plantation. Meanwhile, the traditional way of life in his village (or kampung) is steadily disappearing, with tin mines and factory jobs gradually replacing family farms and rubber small-holders. When Mat himself leaves for boarding school, he can only hope that his familiar kampung will still be there when he returns.

Kampung Boy is hilarious and affectionate, with brilliant, super-expressive artwork that opens a window into a world that has now nearly vanished.

Author: Lat
Publisher: First Second
Published: 09/05/2006
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 6.00h x 8.30w x 0.51d
ISBN13: 9781596431218
ISBN10: 1596431210
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Historical
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | Asia
- Young Adult Fiction | Religious | Muslim

About the Author

One of the most beloved cartoonists in Southeast Asia, Lat published his first work when he was just thirteen years old. He has received numerous awards, including, in 1994, the prestigious Malaysian honorific title Datuk. Most recently he was honored by the Malaysian Press Institute with their Special Jury Award, given to "those who have contributed significantly to journalism and society and have become an institution in their own right."