By revealing the uncanny ubiquity of alarms in our daily life, by making us smile about their profound ambivalence, Alice Bennett has written a pleasurable and soothing book. From burglary to belatedness, from house fires to climate change, this exemplary collaboration between literary studies and the social sciences sheds a reflexive, nuanced and joyful light on our darker anxieties. A most ac…
The House of the Spirits, which introduced Isabel Allende as one of the world’s most gifted storytellers, brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. The patriarch Esteban is a volatile, proud man whose voracious pursuit of political power is tempered only by his love for his delicate wife Clara, a woman with a mystical connection to the spirit world. …
Walaupun ditulis hampir dua milenium yang lalu, karya Kaisar Romawi, Marcus Aurelius ini, masih sangat relevan bagi kehidupan sekarang yang penuh tekanan. Ajaran-ajarannya mengandung unsur mindfulness, mengajak untuk fokus pada yang kita lakukan saat ini, move on dari masa lalu, sekaligus melepaskan beban-beban kekhawatiran akan masa depan. Memotivasi kita untuk berhenti overthinking, terlalu b…