Heart of darkness

Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, was originally a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899. It is a story within a story, following a character named Charlie Marlow, who recounts his adventure to a group of men onboard an anchored ship. The story told is of his early life as a ferry boat captain. Although his job was to transport ivory downriver, Charlie develops an interes…

The metamorphosis and other stories

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was laying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely. His numerous …

The Lonely

Easter Deetz struggles with The Lonelya debilitating condition that affects all the women in her family. The Lonely makes people sad and it makes them lie. One day, Easter's sister drops a boulder on her in The Woods. As she bleeds to death, she's forced to face those lies with a bunch of judgmental squirrels watching. Which sucks. Praise: ""Dark and daring, this memorable debut should appeal t…

The Time Keeper

From the author who's inspired millions worldwide with books like Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven comes his most imaginative novel yet, The Time Keeper—a compelling fable about the first man on earth to count the hours. The man who became Father Time. In Mitch Albom's newest work of fiction, the inventor of the world's first clock is punished for trying to measu…

The blind assassin

Tale of two sisters, one of whom dies under ambiguous circumstances in the opening pages.

The five people you meet in heaven

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Room : a novel

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9780330533867

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Veronika Decides To Die (On the Seventh Day #2)

Veronika seems to have everything she could wish for. She is young and pretty, has plenty of attractive boyfriends, goes dancing, has a steady job, a loving family, Yet Veronika is not happy; something is lacking in her life. On the morning on November 11th, 1997, she decides to die. She takes an overdose of sleeping pills, only to wake up some time later in Villette, the local hospital. There …

The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession

Something or somebody that begins with just a passing thought and ends up being the only thing we can think about. This can be unerstood as saintliness or insanity. The Zahir, Paulo Coelho's new novel, is a perfect follow-on to The Alchemist. Paulo picks up the theme of the pilgrimage to Santiago but tells a very different, gripping story of love, loss and passionate obsession. The protagon…

Orang Berikut Yang Kaujumpai Di Surga (The Next Person You Meet In Heaven)

Di balik segala kekacauan yang dibuatnya, Georgette selalu mempunyai tujuan. Untuk melawan perilaku arogan dari pria angkuh seperti Lukas. Ia bertemu fotografer tampan yang terkenal itu setahun sebelumnya. Dalam momen yang begitu memalukan. Georgette terpaksa menurut saat ayahnya memberikan syarat agar proyek rumah singgah yang ia perjuangkan disetujui. Ia harus bekerja sebagai asisten Lukas…