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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief Author : Markus Zusak Published Date : 2006 Language : English Along 2013, The Book Thief is one of book with the finest diction I ever read. The Author, somehow success to deliver the beautiful of sentence by playing with personification without too much confusing the reader. Not kind of classic language but may be, a decade later, this book could be categorized as one of classic books parallel with To Kill a Mockingbird or Diary of Young Girl : Anne Frank. What this book is all about? Why I praise it from the beginning of my review? Well, because I fall in love this book. everything seems from different point of view. This is a story about Germany when World War II happened. Yup, you may suspect it is about Holocaust. Nope this is story about German girl name Liesel Meminger who born in 1929. She was 11 years old when she saw her brother death in her very eyes. That time, she was on her journey and her brother died in the train. After her brother buried, her Mother aba

After Dark by Haruki Murakami

Cover version Vintage-books After Dark Author : Haruki Murakami First published in 2004 Origin : Japan I found this book on my way to boarding, and can't help to pick it because of its size and thickness. Initially, I expect I can finish this book on 2-hours flight, but the fact is, I dozed off and wake up without open any single page at all. Well, I guess  this is 7th of Murakami's book that I've been read in one year. Yes, I am in marathon of Murakami's artwork and hopefully by the next year I will finish all of his books, fiction-non fiction including the newest one that published this year in japanese and next year in english. After Dark, like I said before there is nothing metaphor on Murakami's title. After dark is centered on stories where the sun goes down, leaving only darkness and let the light dancing over the night. The story started with a-19 years old girl whom decided to spent her all night alone outside of her home. She is staying