Sophie, seorang pelajar sekolah menengah berusia empat belas tahun. Suatu hari sepulang sekolah, dia mendapat sebuah surat misterius yang hanya berisikan satu pertanyaan: 'Siapa Kamu?'. Belum habis keheranannya, pada hari yang sama dia mendapat surat lain yang bertanya: ' Dari manakah datangnya dunia?'. Seakan tersentak dari rutinitas hidup sehari-hari, surat-surat itu membuat Sophie mulai memp…
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf delves a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post First World War England. The novel began with two short stories, "Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street" and the unfinished The Prime Minister". The book describes Clarissa's preparations for a party she will host in the evening and the ensuing party. With an interior perspective, the st…
The Little Prince is a novella written and illustrated by French aristocrat, writer, and military pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was first published in English and French in the United States by Reynal & Hitchcock in April 1943 and was published posthumously in France following liberation; Saint-Exupéry’s works had been banned by the Vichy Regime. The story follows a young prince who…
The very first of the Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, A Study in scarlet reveals the early days of Holmes and Watson's friendship, and exactly how the former doctor became involved in a life of crime-solving. A body is found in a grimy house in south London, its face twisted by fear and horror, with the word 'RACHE' scrawled on the wall in blood beside it -- yet the corpse itself is completely un…
his is an explosive and in many ways jaw-dropping end to a gripping trilogy, such is its boldness and the quite astonishing path it takes. The intensity levels are taken to extremes as the plot takes shocking turns and often ventures into unthinkable territory, with several unsettling moments and the actions of a main character who completes the most profound of transformations. It is a book…
Metamorfosis adalah novel pendek yang ditulis oleh Franz Kafka dan pertama kali diterbitkan pada tahun 1915. Salah satu karya Kafka yang paling terkenal, Metamorfosis menceritakan kisah seorang penjual Gregor Samsa, yang suatu pagi terbangun dan mendapati dirinya berubah secara misterius menjadi seekor serangga besar dan kemudian berjuang untuk menyesuaikan diri dengan kondisi baru ini. Nove…
Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and recently replaced by a computer, Olivetti has been forgotten by the Brindle family—the family he’s lived with for years. The Brindles are busy humans, apart from 12-year-old Ernest, who would rather be left alone with his collection of Oxford English Dictionaries. The least they could do was re…
Mereka hilang dalam hitungan detik. suara tawa anak-anak di teras rumah malam itu akan selalu menjadi kenangan paling menyakitkan. Rasanya baru kemarin aku menghabiskan waktu, duduk bersama mereka di teras rumah sambil menyanyikan beberapa lagu untuk mengobati luka di hati kita masing-masing sudah biasa kupastikan bahwa luka yang ada di hati mereka adalah aku penyebabnya. Alunan gitar yang s…
Sejak istrinya meninggal, Nagamine Shigeki hidup hanya berdua dengan putrinya, Ema. Suatu malam, Ema pergi menonton festival musim panas. Tetapi ia tidak pernah pulang sampai mayatnya ditemukan di sungai. Dalam hari-hari kelam menunggu proses penyelidikan kepolisian, Nagamine menerima telepon dari seseorang yang memberikan informasi tentang para pelaku dan lokasi pembunuhan Ema. Nagamine memutu…
Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who becomes obsessed with unlocking the secrets of life-but when he succeeds in creating a living being, he unleashes a creature he can't control. Abandoned and rejected by the world, the creature sets out on a journey that turns into a haunting tale of revenge, loneliness, and what it really means to be human. Mary Shelley's classic novel blends horror,…