you had mentioned a novel earlier, when was it published?
In 1979.
The Kampung Boy
First published in 1979 by Berita Publishing, "The Kampung Boy" was a commercial and critical success; its first printing (of at least 60,000 copies, 16 times) was sold out within four months of its release. Narrated in English with a smattering of Malay, the work has been translated into other languages, such as Japanese and French, and sold abroad.
what is kampung boy? A Malaysian animated television series. when was it realeased? 1997. what is it's origins? It is based on an autobiographical novel "The Kampung Boy" by Lat. does it have any hallmark? UNANSWERABLE did it achieve any awards or honors? Yes, one of its episodes, "Oh, Tok!", won the Best Animation for a television series of 13 minutes and more. who are the characters? Mat, Ana, Yap, Yah, Opah, Bo, Tak , Normah ,and Mrs. Hew.
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The Kampung Boy [SEP] Introduction
"The Kampung Boy" is very popular in Southeast Asia and has gone through 16 reprints. A sequel, "Town Boy", which followed the protagonist in his teenage years in the city, was published in 1981 and a spin-off, "Kampung Boy: Yesterday and Today", in 1993. The latter reused the setting of "The Kampung Boy" to compare and contrast the differences between Malaysian childhood experiences in the 1950s and 1980s.