his collection of letters was written by Raden Adjeng Kartini, the daughter of a Javanese civil servant in the Dutch colonial government. After being granted the rare opportunity to attend a Dutch elementary school, at the age of twelve she went into seclusion in accordance with Indonesian customs for women of nobility prior to marriage. Her letters to Dutch correspondents offer a captivating g…
Maraknya kecenderungan upaya distorsi dan "pengaburan" sejarah dengan menebeng isu-isu primordialisme, khususnya agama, membuat penulis prihatin. Misalnya tentang Majapahit kesultanan Islam, Borobudur peninggalan Nabi Sulaiman, Lamajang dan Tigang Juru kerajaan Islam, yang justru dicetuskan kaum intelektual atau akademisi. Di mana mereka berangkat dari pemahaman yang sempit, demi kepentingan se…
Minke is a young Javanese student of great intelligence and ambition. Living equally among the colonists and colonized of 19th-century Java, he battles against the confines of colonial strictures. It is his love for Annelies that enables him to find the strength to embrace his world.
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. …
Kita patut bangga menjadi bangsa Indonesia, sebab saat ini bahasa Indonesia semakin diminati oleh warga dunia. Bahkan, beberapa negara telah memasukkan pelajaran bahasa Indonesia dalam kurikulum sekolahnya dan membuka jurusan bahasa Indonesia. Bukan tidak mungkin, suatu saat dengan makin banyaknya pengguna, bahasa Indonesia dapat menjadi bahasa internasional. Dengan demikian, kita perlu melesta…
Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman’s only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her reputation in ruin, ther…