The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads: Opens at Nightfall, Closes at Dawn. As the sun disappears beyond the horizon, all over the tents small lights begin to flicker, as though the entirety of the circus is covered in particularly bright fireflie…
"Kali ini saya sudah tahu namanya, Milana. Ia bercerita mengapa ia melukis senja. Dan mengapa ia selalu melakukannya di atas feri yang menyeberangi Selat Bali, dari Banyuwangi ke Jembrana. Ia sedang menunggu kekasihnya. Ia yakin suatu saat kekasihnya akan datang ke tempat ia menunggu. Ia tidak tahu kapan. Ia berkata kepada saya bahwa ia bukan saja yakin, tapi ia tahu, kekasihnya itu akan datang…
A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal–winning tale. Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Mig…
One doesn't stop at one murder... Jane Marple is an elderly lady from St Mary Mead who possesses an uncanny knack for solving even the most perplexing puzzles. Now, for the first time in 45 years, Agatha Christie's beloved character returns to the page for a globe-trotting tour of crime and detection. Join Marple as she travels through her sleepy English village and around the world. In S…
Tanpa Rencana merupakan karya antologi Dee yang keempat. Tajuk antologi ini dipilih untuk menggambarkan proses kreatif unik Dee saat menuliskan karya-karya di dalamnya. Dee menggarap ide-ide yang tebersit spontan, tak jarang ditulis sekali jadi. Kendati demikian, 18 cerita dalam Tanpa Rencana begitu kaya akan makna dan diperkuat impresinya oleh ilustrasi di halaman-halamannya. Berbagai perenung…
Sakit hati …. Kebencian …. Dendam kesumat …. Tangis dibalas tangis …. Luka dibalas luka ….
White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American—in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from R.F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel. Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising star…