The Princess and the Pea, " "The Little Mermaid, " and other great Andersen fairy tales have enchanted children since the first ones appeared in Danish in the 1830s and '40s. Spink's translation into English is widely recognized as the finest, and the new Everyman's Library edition is further graced by the magical pictures made in 1899 by three of Britain's most celebrated illustrators
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?