A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's stately country home. One of the guests is Gerard Arbuthnot, an earnest, upright young man whose prospects are limited, so he is overjoyed when the suave Lord Illingworth offers him employment as his secreatry. His mother, however, implores him to refuse this brilliant entree into sophistcated society. Should she reveal the shameful secret …
Judith Wright's Collected Poems 1942-1970 containing seven previously published books of verse and additional uncollected poems, demonstrates the weight and substance of the poetic achievement of one of Australia's most highly respected and valuedpoets. Whether she is read for her rich and comprehensive evocation of the Australian eart, of her meditations on the great traditional themes of love…
Rumah Bambu adalah kumpulan cerpen Romo Mangun yang pertama dan terakhir kali diterbitkan. Sebagian besar cerpen-cerpen itu ditemukan di rumah penulis, di Kuwera, Yogyakarta, dalam keadaan penuh koreksi dan sulit dibaca. Dari duapuluh cerpen yang ada dalam buku ini, hanya tiga yang pernah dipublikasikan. Hampir semua tema cerita dalam buku ini adalah peristiwa-peristiwa yang kelihatan sederh…
Joe planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside to celebrate his lover's return after 6 weeks in the States. The perfect day turns to nightmare however, when they are involved in freak ballooning accident in which a boy is saved but a man is killed. In itself, the accident would change the couple and the survivors' lives, filling them with an uneasy combination of shame, hap…
novel Inspired by the folwers of war
This powerful, passionate and highly acclaimed novel tells, through the eyes of a child, the moving story of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. Naomi is a sheltered and beloved 5 year old when Pearl Harbor changes her life. Separated from her mother, she watches bewildered as she and her family become enemy aliens, presecuted and despised in their own land. Surrounded by hardshi…
Michael Rogan was an intelligence officer behind enemy lines in World War II Europe. But he made the mistake of falling in love, which gave him something to lose. Or to be taken from him. Captured by the Nazis, Michael was not treated as a prisoner of war. He was treated as an experiment. A piece of meat. A subject upon which his captors commited atrocity after atrocity. But not before they …
Impian Amerika mengisahkan tiga puluh orang Indonesia yang datang ke New York City dengan cita-cita dan latar belakang yang berbeda. Ada Soleman dari Madura, Sukiman dari Yogyakarta, Tengku Syakir dari Aceh. Tema novel ini adalah pekerjaan, keluarga, dan gegar budaya
mengisahkan pergumulan karir, ambisi dan cinta dalam bahasa sederhana dan mengesankan. Kaya muatan filsafat dan menarik untuk diikuti. Tuntutan kesetaraan jender yang dikemas dalam pertentangan batin seorang perempuan, menjadikan novel ini bukan sekedar bacaan yang memberikan inspirasi tetapi juga contoh bagi perjuangan perempuan melawan dominasi di sekelilingnya.