Jakarta tidak lagi menjadi penjara. Di ibu kota, Ping justru mulai mendapatkan gambaran tentang hidup yang ia inginkan. Ia memiliki sahabat-sahabat baru, impian baru, dan cinta yang baru. Namun, tantangan lebih besar turut menyingsing. Ajang Band Idola Indonesia menuntut Ping bekerja keras, termasuk menciptakan lagu. Band Rapijali yang menjadi sumber kebahagiaannya ikut menerbitkan beragam konf…
Ping merasa telah memiliki segala yang ia butuhkan. Dunianya yang damai di Pantai Batu Karas, rumahnya yang penuh alat musik di tepi Sungai Cijulang, seorang sahabat terbaik, serta kakek yang menyayanginya. Namun, diam-diam Ping menyimpan kegelisahan tentang masa depannya yang buram. Bakat musiknya yang istimewa tidak memiliki wadah, dan ia tidak berani bercita-cita. Hidup Ping jungkir balik…
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…
In Edinburgh, a secret war rages between humans and fae, and the magic in Aileana Kameron’s blood is all that keeps the most lethal monsters imprisoned beneath the city. But when the creatures she once pursued now hunt her, Aileana has no choice but to ally with Kiaran MacKay - the beautiful fae assassin with his own agenda. The chemistry between them is as incendiary as the battles rag…
Roya, a dreamy, idealistic teenager living amid the political upheaval of 1953 Tehran, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri’s neighborhood stationery shop, stocked with books and pens and bottles of jewel-colored ink. Then Mr. Fakhri, with a keen instinct for a budding romance, introduces Roya to his other favorite customer—handsome Bahman, who has a burning passion for justice an…
Portraying himself as a failure, the protagonist of Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human narrates a seemingly normal life even while he feels himself incapable of understanding human beings. Oba Yozo's attempts to reconcile himself to the world around him begin in early childhood, continue through high school, where he becomes a "clown" to mask his alienation, and eventually lead to a failed suicide a…
Nineteen-year-old Sydney has the perfect summer mapped out. She’s spending the next four and a half weeks travelling through Europe with her childhood best friend Leela. Their plans include Eiffel Tower selfies, eating cocco gelato, and making out with très hot strangers. Her plans do not include Leela’s cheating ex-boyfriend showing up on the flight to London, falling for the cheating …
Thea Mottram is having a bad month. She’s been let go from her office job with no notice—and to make matters even worse, her husband of nearly twenty years has decided to leave her for one of her friends. Bewildered and completely lost, Thea doesn’t know what to do. But when she learns that a distant great uncle in Scotland has passed away, leaving her his home and a hefty antique book co…