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To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird Author : Harper Lee (f) First Published in 1960 Language : English “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—” Excerpt From: Lee, Harper. “To Kill a Mockingbird.  It is the winner of Pulitzer Prize book. Aside from the prize, I think this is a must-read book for those whom love humanity issues. To kill A mockingbird is a story to understand about a real world from 7-9 years old girl, Jean Louise Finch or Scout. Scout is a lively, boyish, and smart girl. She is living with her brother, Jem and her Father Atticus whom worked as a Lawyer. Finch family is old family that have long story in Maycomb, city where they lived. In Maycomb, people almost know each of citizens, family know each family because there a lot of old family whom settle in there. The flow of this story is initially trying to tell the reader ; the background how Jem broke his hand. Jem ...

Manjali dan Cakrabirawa oleh Ayu Utami

cover versi fish eye (edited)    Manjali dan Cakrabirawa (Lanjutan Seri Bilangan Fu) Penulis : Ayu Utami Penerbit : Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia Th.terbit : 2010 Genre : Roman, sastra "Jika kebetulan terjadi terlalu banyak, apakah kamu akan tetap percaya bahwa itu hanya kebetulan belaka?" Ayu Utami, bagi penggemar sastra Indonesia yang menawarkan indahnya rangkaian kata, pengetahuan yang berlimpah dan kejujuran yang terbuka, maka Ayu Utami merupakan penulis favorit yang bisa menawarkan lebih dari 3 hal tersebut. Manjali dan Cakrabirawa merupakan kelanjutan dari seri bilangan Fu yang sama dengan karya sebelumnya, Saman telah diganjar award untuk karya tersebut.  Kebetulan pertama kali saya membaca karya Ayu Utami adalah saat SMA, dan karya yang saya baca adalah Larung, kelanjutan dari novel Saman. Masih dengan ciri khas utama Ayu Utami, Manjali dan Cakrabirawa membawa pembaca untuk menelusuri perjalanan 3 tokoh utamanya, Marja Manjali...

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

Kitchen Author : Banana Yoshimoto Year of Published : 1988 Language : Japan (translated in English in 1993) Genre : Drama "We all believe we can choose our own path from among the many alternatives. But perhaps it's more accurate to say that we make the choice unconsciously." Kitchen, by Yoshimoto Banana   I have a traumatic moment when it comes to Japan Novel especially the drama genre. Somehow I just hate the ending of Japanese novel. But that's the art of reading novel, right? Once you'd swear you won't read it, but at the next day your curiosity is tickle you to read another one. Yes, I read 'Kitchen' just because of out of my curiosity. Kitchen, well from the title is much interesting. It is nothing to do about cooking, chef nor restaurant story. It is just literally kitchen, the place where Mikage ( the main protagonist in this novel) is get attracted most all of any other places in home.  The story begin with the ...

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen First published in 1813 Language : English Published in Indonesia : Februari 2011 by Qanita Publishing “Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” Excerpt From: Austen, Jane. “Pride and Prejudice.” .  Before I write this, I should make a confession to admit that I never watched the movie of Pride and Prejudice, and I have been waiting for almost 2 years to really read this book. Why? Because as for me, 19th century language is just too hard to read. So I decided to read the Indonesian version of Pride and Prejudice, and then at the middle, I read the english version just because I found that the old-fashioned language isn't no longer old fashioned, just remarkable beautiful. Really, I'm not a person who had a willingness to review about romance novel, but just for this book, I will make an exception. Pride and Perjudice is a story about Bennet Family who...