"Manusia tidak bisa hidup sendiri; setiap buku membuka jendela dunia." Hidup A.J. Fikry jauh dari yang diharapkannya. Istrinya meninggal, penjualan di toko bukunya merosot tajam, dan hartanya yang paling berharga, koleksi puisi Poe yang langka, baru saja hilang dicuri. Pelan tapi pasti, A.J. menjauhkan diri dari semua orang di Pulau Alice. Bahkan ia tak lagi menemukan kegembiraan dari buku-b…
Dalam novel ini, yang terbit sebelum The Alchemist-Sang Alkemis, Paulo menempuh perjalanan untuk mencapai pengetahuan diri, kebijaksanaan, dan penguasaan spiritual. Diapndu oleh teman seperjalanannya yang misterius bernama Petrus, Paulo menyusuri jalan ke Santiago yang suci, melalui serangkaian cobaan dan ujian sepanjang jalan-bahkan bertatap muka dengan seseorang yang mungkin sang iblis sendi…
At once horrifying, tense and lyrical, The Blue Hour is a beautifully written novel that probes the darkest recesses of the human psyche. He takes the women from shopping malls. They are beautiful, sophisticated, but he treats them like animals, and when he's done he leaves only his grisly signature to taunt the Orange County police - a purse full of entrails. Where are the bodies? How can thes…
Eleven stories deal with the intricate relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children, and friends
The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1969 postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles. It was his third published novel, after The Collector (1963) and The Magus (1965). The novel explores the fraught relationship of gentleman and amateur naturalist Charles Smithson and Sarah Woodruff, the former governess and independent woman with whom he falls in love. The novel builds on Fowles' author…