Muhammad Haji Salleh: The Malay Flaneur

Muhammad Haji Salleh: The Malay Flaneur

Author: Mohd Fadhli Shah Khaizdzir
Publisher: UKM Press
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9786294865440
Weight: 242 g
Pages: 154 pp
Year: 2026
Price: RM35

Muhammad Haji Salleh: The Malay Flâneur offers a compelling exploration of the National Laureate's poetic identity through the lens of the flâneur-a reflective wanderer of urban and cultural spaces. This book repositions Muhammad Haji Salleh not merely as a poet of place but as a literary observer who strolls through cities, histories, and languages with a critical and poetic perspective. Using the concept of Psychogeography, the findings of this book unveils how Muhammad's writing navigates shifting landscapes of identity, memory, and belonging while discovering places. Whether walking the streets of Penang, wandering through European capitals, or tracing ancestral roots, Muhammad Haji Salleh's journey is one of cultural reflection and intellectual resistance. Muhammad Haji Salleh: The Malay Flâneur is essential for readers interested in travel narratives, Malaysian literature and Psychogeography studies. It invites us to follow the poet's footsteps-not just across geographies, but into the heart of literary consciousness.