The great gatsby

This edition is the enduring original text, updated with the author’s own revisions, a foreword by his granddaughter, and with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published by Scribner in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by…

Pachinko

Set against the backdrop of Japanese colonization in Korea, young Kim Sunja’s life takes an unexpected turn when she becomes pregnant out of wedlock. The daughter of a humble boardinghouse owner in a small fishing village near Busan, Sunja faces a future filled with uncertainty—until fate intervenes. A compassionate young minister, Baek Isak, offers her marriage and a new life in Japan. But…

Shooting Kabul

In the summer of 2001, twelve year old Fadi’s parents make the difficult decision to illegally leave Afghanistan and move the family to the United States. When their underground transport arrives at the rendezvous point, chaos ensues, and Fadi is left dragging his younger sister Mariam through the crush of people. But Mariam accidentally lets go of his hand and becomes lost in the crowd, just…

Tales of the jazz age

Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.

Mother Courage and her children

This version of Brecht's great anti-war play is by David Hare and was premiered by the National Theatre, London, in November 1995. In this chronicle of the Thirty Years War, Mother Courage follows the armies back and forth across Europe, selling provisions and liquor from her canteen wagon. One by one she loses her children to the war but will not part with her livelihood - the wagon. The Berli…

Forbidden lady

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780263875850

Collation

296 p. ; 17 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

800 HER f

Arctic star: braviing the worst journey in the world

Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic Convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to navigate treacherous waters, sailing through a narrow channel between the Arctic ice pack and German bases on the Norwegian coast. Faced with terrifying…

Genduk duku

“Memang kau benar. Itu tidak adil. Tetapi itulah kekuasaan. Tidak menimbang mana adil dan tidak adil. Kekuasaan seperti angin topan saja. Menghancurkan apa saja yang menghadang di jalan....” “Kalau begitu, perkenankanlah hambamu Duku untuk sementara minta diri dan bersembunyi di tempat yang cukup jauh saja. Sebab hambamu Duku khawatir, bila beliau datang lagi dan minta hal-hal yang buk…

Laut bercerita

Jakarta, Maret 1998 Di sebuah senja, di sebuah rumah susun di Jakarta, mahasiswa bernama Biru Laut disergap empat lelaki tak dikenal. Bersama kawan-kawannya, Daniel Tumbuan, Sunu Dyantoro, Alex Perazon, dia dibawa ke sebuah tempat yang tak dikenal. Berbulan-bulan mereka disekap, diinterogasi, dipukul, ditendang, digantung, dan disetrum agar bersedia menjawab satu pertanyaan penting: siapakah…

Perjalanan mustahil samiam dari lisboa: sepasang elang dari diyarbakir

Saat sendirian di sebuah kedai di Konstantinopel, Samiam Nogueira dipukul sampai pingsan dan diculik. Kaki tangan Takhta Suci ternyata berhasil mengendus keberadaannya. Petualang yang telah melangkahkan kakinya jauh dari tanah kelahirannya di Lisboa itu kembali terpisah dari cinta sejatinya, Bianca. Kebersamaan mereka direnggut paksa oleh kekuatan-kekuatan yang tak terbayangkan sebelumnya. S…