Quietly and softly and against the backdrop of their own unsatisfactory marriages, Myles and Eve fall in love and, as they try to have the perfect affair like Rose did before them, they come to learn about the pain of lost opportunities, to decide whether it is ever better to follow your head or your heart, to know what it is to be torn between love and duty.
March Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Richard and Judy pick. From the author of the acclaimed 'Year of Wonders' and 'People of the Book', a historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe on the front lines of the American Civil War.
A magical and captivating debut fantasy novel from young French author of fourteen years. Three young girls, Jade, Amber and Opal, each from very different backgrounds, discover on the day of their fourteenth birthday that they are adopted. An ancient prophecy compels them to leave their families to complete their mission in a far-off kingdom. Each girl is given custody of a magic stone which c…
The Geography of Bliss membawa pembaca melanglang buana ke berbagai negara, dari Belanda, Swiss, Bhutan, hingga Qatar, Islandia, India dan Amerika ... untuk mencari kebahagiaan. Buku ini adalah campuran aneh tulisan perjalanan, psikologi, sains, dan humor. DItulis tidak untuk mencari makna kebahagiaan, tapi di mana. Apakah orang-orang di Swiss lebih bahagia karena negara mereka paling demokr…
KISAH LELAKI YANG SANGAT PERCAYA PADA ‘TAKDIR’, DAN WANITA YANG MENGANGGAP SEMUA KEJADIAN HANYA ‘KEBETULAN SEMATA’. Chae Song Hwa, Cinderella Bertubuh Besar “Dasar lelaki cabul! Awas saja kalau kau tertangkap tanganku lagi.” Lelaki itu sungguh arogan. Ia menganggap bahwa seluruh wanita di Korea Selatan harus menyukainya. Selain itu, ia juga punya kebiasaan berbicara banmal ke…
Ratu-ratu Mongol abad ketiga belas memerintah kekaisaran terbesar yang pernah diketahui dunia. Namun, pada suatu saat menjelang pengujung abad, para penyensor memotong satu bagian dalam The Secret History of the Mongols. Hanya isyarat tentang warisan sang Genghis Khan untuk putri-putrinya itulah yang tersisa dari satu kisah yang jauh lebih besar. Para ratu Jalur Sutra mengubah wilayah penakl…
Enam anak muda dari berbagai daerah di Indonesia—Slamet dari Trenggalek, Poltak dari Pematang Siantar, Ria dari Padang, Benny dari Jakarta, Gun Gun dari Ciamis, dan Fuad dari Surabaya—dipersatukan dalam sebuah persahabatan di kampus Jalan Ganesha, Institut Teknologi Bandung. Bersama-sama mereka mulai mengayunkan langkah dengan penuh idealisme dan cita-cita. Bertahun-tahun, anak-anak muda…
Kata siapa kuliah di luar negeri itu gampang? Perkenalkan Lintang, Banjar, Wicak, Daus, dan Geri. Lima anak manusia terlahir di Indonesia, terdampar bersekolah di Belanda demi meraih gelar S2. Mulai dari kurang tidur karena begadang demi paper, kurang tenaga karena mesti genjot sepeda 5 km bolak-balik ke kampus setiap hari, sampai kurang duit hingga terpaksa mencari pekerjaan paruh waktu; se…
This is the story of a quiet man, destined to be a farmer but who becomes an academic. It is book in which nothing and everything happens and is possibly the greatest novel you've never read. 'It's simply a novel about a guy who goes to college and becomes a teacher. But its one of the most fascinating things that you've ever come across' Tom Hanks, Time William Stoner enters the Universi…
Michel is ten years old, living in Pointe Noire, Congo, in the 1970s. His mother sells peanuts at the market, his father works at the Victory Palace Hotel, and brings home books left behind by the white guests. Planes cross the sky overhead, and Michel and his friend Lounès dream about the countries where they'll land. While news comes over the radio of the American hostage crisis in Tehran, t…