Throughout her career, Margaret Atwood has played with different literary genres in her novels--historical fiction (Alias Grace), pulp fiction (The Blind Assassin), the comedy of manners (The Robber Bride)--but no foray into genre fiction has been as successful as her turn to speculative fiction in The Handmaid's Tale. Published in 1985, it echoes Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World, but…
gustad N oble is a hard-working bank clerk and devoted family man who gradually sees his modest life unravelling. First his young daughter falls mysteriously ill, and then his promising son defies Gustad's educational ambitions for him. One day he receives a letter from an old friend, asking him to help in what at first seems like a heroic mission. however, Gustad soon finds himself unwittingly…
Sinopsis: Cerita Cinta Enrico adalah kisah nyata seorang anak yang lahir bersamaan dengan Pemberontakan PRRI. Ia menjadi bayi gerilya sejak usia satu hari. Kerabatnya tak lepas dari Peristiwa '65. Ia menjadi aktivis di ITB pada era Orde Baru, sebelum gerakan mahasiswa dipatahkan. Merasa dikebiri rezim, ia merindukan tumbangnya Soeharto. Akhirnya ia melihat perempuan yang menghadirkan kembali so…
Apakah cinta butuh ketidakpastian? Di tabula rasa ini penuh dengan keunikan kompleknya perasaan. Siapa bisa membeli kebahagiaan Raras –ia tidak memilih untuk ditakdirkan sebagai lesbian. Galih menyukai Raras karena Galih bisa melihat sesuatu yang memancar dari mata Rara –sesuatu yang hanya bisa ia lihat sepuluh tahun lalu, sayang sekali, ketika Galih mengajak Raras menikah, Raras memi…
Novel ini bercerita tentang kehidupan sehari-hari seorang enterprenur wanita yang hidupnya bebas. Yang sudah terbiasa dengan dunia sex dan gonta-ganti pasangan, bahkan one night stand juga bukan hal yang tabu lagi untuknya. Joshua, seorang pengawai pemasaran yang hidupnya lurus-lurus saja, tapi bukan berarti dia seorang yang religius, "lurus" dalam artian di sini adalah hidupnya tidak sebeba…
Eric is involved with a big experiment in Switzerland, looking to explore the earliest moment of the universe. But, there is a group of people who don't think this experiment should go ahead and are planning to sabotage the Grand Switch-on. Will they suceed? Whose side is Reeper on this time? And why does he want to speak to Annie and George so desperately?
Inside Out and Back Again is a New York Times bestseller, a Newbery Honor Book, and a winner of the National Book Award! Inspired by the author's childhood experience of fleeing Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon and immigrating to Alabama, this coming-of-age debut novel told in verse has been celebrated for its touching child's-eye view of family and immigration. Hà has only ever known Saigo…
Reflections A lifetime of dedication to dance left Lindsay Dunne little time for romance. That is until she meets brooding architect Seth Bannion, the guardian of a talented young ballerina in Lindsay's class. As Lindsay and Seth clash over their hopes for the girl's future, passions flare…and Lindsay receives a crash course in the art of love. Dance of Dreams Prima ballerina Ruth Ba…