Flybird's Nest

Everything I Never Told You   Everything I Never Told You Author : Celeste Ng Year : 2014 Publisher : Penguin books Language : English *** Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet . . . So begins the story of this exquisite debut novel, about a Chinese American family living in 1970s small-town Ohio. Lydia is the favorite child of Marilyn and James Lee; their middle daughter, a girl who inherited her mother’s bright blue eyes and her father’s jet-black hair. Her parents are determined that Lydia will fulfill the dreams they were unable to pursue—in Marilyn’s case that her daughter become a doctor rather than a homemaker, in James’s case that Lydia be popular at school, a girl with a busy social life and the center of every part y. ***  Finally, I take a break from any Japanese Book for awhile just to clear my mind from the darkness of my mind (see how 'they' affect too much in my brain!)...

Kokoro (Hardcover) Kokoro Author : Natsune Soseki Year : 1914 Bahasa : Jepang Translator : Edwin Mc.Clelan *** The subject of 'Kokoro,' which can be translated as 'the heart of things' or as 'feeling', is the delicate matter of the contrast between the meaning the various parties to a relationship to attach to it. In the course of his exploration, Soseki brilliantly describes different levels of friendship, family relationships, and the devices by which men attempt to escape from their fundamental loneliness. The novel sustains throughout its length something approaching poetry, and it is rich in understanding and insight.  *** Sebenarnya saya lupa mengapa memasukkan buku ini pada want-to-read list, sampai akhirnya saya memesan online di online second-hand book, dan mendapatkannya 1 bulan kemudian. Saya pun tidak kunjung membacanya sampai akhirnya dari tahun lalu maraton buku Jepang, dan tiba pada Kokoro. Setelah ini, saya akan break membaca...

The Setting Sun  The Setting Sun Author : Osamu Dazai Published in 1947 Original Language : Japanese *** Set in the early postwar years, it probes the destructive effects of war and the transition from a feudal Japan to an industrial society. *** "Such Innocence really charms me, and I wndered if M other might not be one of the last of that kind of lady" Ketika saya secara tidak senga ja membaca No Longer Human   di rak buku Best Seller di sebuah pusat toko buku di Sh ibuya, saya tertar i k dengan judul dan Covernya yang abstra k. Setelah menye lesaikannya, dan mela kukan sedi kit riset, ternyata se tahun sebelum No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai menulis The Setting Sun -yang juga banyak mendapat pujian dan pengakuan secara Internasional. Masih membawa backgroun d sang penulis,Aristocrac y, Osamu Dazai membentuk karakter utama  yang surprisingly wanita berusia 30 tahunan bernama Kazuko. Kazuko tinggal bersama dengan Ibunya setelah mengalam...