Gue cuma cewek biasa. Yang percaya, pecel lele bisa nyembuhin hati yang capek. Kenalin gue, Naura. Sejak kepergian orang tua gue, gue cuma tinggal berdua dengan abang gue, Jion. Abang yang rela kerja sambil kuliah, cuma biar gue bisa sekolah, makan, dan punya tempat tinggal. Jujur aja, gue nggak pernah punya rencana buat kuliah. Ngerasa nggak mampu, nggak layak, dan … takut nambah beban…
Widely considered one of the great American novels, Herman Melville’s masterpiece went largely unread during his lifetime and was out of print at the time of his death in 1891. Called the greatest book about the sea ever written by D.H. Lawrence, Moby Dick features detailed descriptions of whale hunting and whale oil extraction as well as beautiful, incisive writing on race, class, religion, …
Bagaimana menjadi petarung terkuat di dunia paralel? Dengan latihan panjang dan pengorbanan. Termasuk kehilangan dan kesedihan. Inilah kisah tentang Bibi Gill, yang sejak kecil berusaha mengalahkan 'monster' dalam hidupnya. Apakah dia bisa menemukan jawaban yang selama ini dia cari? Hei, jika kalian melihat seseorang yang amat sederhana, seperti ibu-ibu penjaga kantin, tukang sapu, sopir …
Di balik setiap wajah yang kita jumpa, ada kisah yang nyaris tak pernah terucap. Melalui Kios Pasar Sore dan Cerita Orang-orang Biasa Lainnya, Reda Gaudiamo merangkai tiga puluh cerita pendek yang mengingatkan kita, bahwa hidup tidak pernah benar benar biasa saja. Di tangan Reda, cerita orang-orang biasa berubah menjadi potret kehidupan yang hangat lucu, dan terkadang menyayat serta membuat kit…
Nearly 5 years and over 200 recorded conversations with great narrators and luminaries from the region and the world, combined with almost 3 years spent at a widely-recognized nexus of innovation, academic excellence, and interdisciplinary collaboration, Stanford University, led to a compelling conclusion: Southeast Asia has what it takes to be part of global consciousness—to have the capacit…
In 1981, a new company, Hasta Mitra, founded by three men just released from over a decade in prison, published a novel written in a prison camp by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The novel was This Earth of Mankind. It told the story of the early gestation of the Indonesian national awakening. The dictatorship eventually banned it after several months of tactical struggle by the three men, Pramoedya hi…
What's your dream? It's a simple question, but one which very few of us ever really think about. From early on, we are taught that there's only one path to getting ahead: do well at school, get a certain kind of job, and avoid failure at all costs. We're so busy trying to follow these rules that we never stop and ask ourselves: What's my purpose? What do I really want? Do I have the power to…