A leathery bog-man transforms an old love affair; a sweet, gruesome gift is sent to the wife of an ex-lover; landscape paintings are haunted by the ghost of a young girl. This dazzling new collection of short stories takes us into familiar Atwood territory to reveal the many textures of contemporary life and the logic of irrational behaviour
'Thank you spider' (George Smith to the spider that caused him to comfort marvellous Miss Martin) 'She's a tall girl with gold hair.' 'This is no missing person's bureau' 'She swings her hips when she walks.' 'What are you, desperate, mister?' 'Yes.' (George Smith trying to find much more marvellous Miss Sally Tomson.) 'Bump.' (George Smith's heart after marvellous Miss Sally Tomson sa…
Written in 1938, Nausea remains one of the peaks of Sartre's achievement. It is a novel of the alienation of personality and the mystery of being, and presents us with the first full-length essay in the philosophy for which Sartre has since become famous. Nausea is a novel of brilliant observation, wit, and psychological penetration by one of the world's front-rank intellectuals
Women in Love is about the relationship of two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun, who live in a Midland colliery town in the years before the first World War. Ursula fall in love with Birkin (a self-portrait of Lawrence), and Gudrun has a tragic and demoniac affair with Gerald, the son of the local colliery owner.
Malone Dies is the death-bed soliloquy of an old and helpless man, concerned to tell nothing but the truth. From his meagre recollections and resolutions and a few shreds of stories, the author of Waiting for Godot has composed what is a prose-poem rather than a novel. Beckett's feeling for words is uncanny. As memory flickers uneasily in the ashes of a dying intellect, the reader is seized by …
Empat puluh delapan cerita dalam buku ini dipilih diterjemahkan dari buku asli "Jesus the Son of Man" karya Kahlil Gibran, seorang penyair, filsuf dan pelukis terkenal dari Libanon. Ia melukiskan seorang manusia besar dalam sejarah. Dalam hal ini Kahlil seolah-olah menginterview orang-orang yang pernah mengenal Yesus dari dekat. Ia membiarkan tiap-tiap mereka berbicara menurut tanggapan masi…
NIkmatilah kisa hseru petualangan dan perjuangan duet petarung tangguh selama mereka mengelola Hermes Temptation, sebuah forum online untuk menyalurkan tas-tas Hermes yang indah dan langka. Kisah yang mengungkap tawa dan tangis serta suka duka mereka menjalankan bisnis ini, menangkis kritik, menangkal barang tiruan, dan jungkir balik di Paris demi memperoleh tas Birkin atau Kelly yang sulit did…
Analisis akademik atas sejumlah cerita pendek (cerpen) yang termuat pada Djawa Baroe dan Pandji Pustaka, dua majalah yang terbit pada masa pendudukan Jepang (19421945). Banyak orang menduga bahwa sastra pada masa pendudukan Jepang mengalami sensor ketat oleh pemerintah pendudukan Jepang dan merupakan sastra propaganda. Namun, ternyata, analisis Sunu Wasono atas sejumlah cerpen Indonesia yang di…
... kumpulan ini memperlihatkan keragaman agama dan kepercayaan, kristiani, muslim, maupun animisme. Kematian disambut dengan khidmat... dengan sikap hormat, kita menyisih, memberi jalan, dan berbicara pelan. Apsanti Djokosujatno (Guru Besar Ilmu Sastra Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya Universitas Indonesia)