Novel ini semula terbit secara bersambung di Harian Kompas mulai edisi 1 Mei 2000 hingga 8 Juli 2000, berjudul Mantra Pejinak Ular. Guna memenuhi permintaan sejumlah pembaca, juga untuk memperkaya khasanah bacaan buku sastra, dengan berbagai pertimbangan akhirnya Penerbit Kompas memutuskan menerbitkannya dalam bentuk buku. Lewat pertumbuhan karakter tokoh Abu Kasan Sapari, pengarang mengeksp…
Ia lahir dengan nama Ibrahim pada masa paceklik. Tepat ketika bundanya melahirkannya, seorang lelaki tua misterius mendatangi ayahnya, Sutan Rasyad, dan berkata bahwa kelak putranya akan membawa perubahan besar di dunia. Pada usia yang masih muda, gelar datuk pamuncak telah disandangnya. Gairahnya yang besar akan pengetahuan mendorongnya berlayar ke Nederland. Tercampak dari tanah adat adalah k…
As the boat moved silently over the water, the thing at the end of the rope always felled823. Sometimes it came near the boat and sometimes it pulled away like something alive. As it moved through the water changes seemed to pass over the dead man's face. For the thing that felled at the end of the rope the body of a drones man.
The long-ago mysteries of the great opera house in Paris have never been explained. Why did so many terrible tragedies happen there? Why did everyone flee from it in fear? This gripping story about the opera ghost and the beautiful singer he loves launched one of most popular musicals in Broadway history - and it serves up enough thrills, chills, and surprises to keep even the most reluctant re…
It's about New York society between 1913 1ng 125. Anthony Patch smiled at Gloria, the girl who was beautiful with golden hair. They are young, beautiful, charming and aimless, but their extravagant lifestyle forces them further and further into debt.
In Salthill, on Hudson, half an hour outside New York, the inhabitant are beautiful, rich, and though they look younger than they really are, middle-aged. When the enigmatic sculptor Adam Berendt dies suddenly, his death sends shock waves through the town. Middle age, ordinarily not a time for passion romance, is transformed by his loss as his close friends evaluate their lives and set out …
All the favourite characters are here and this term there's a new french girl, claudine, who is out to break every school rule - she does exactly what she likes. There is more hilarity and excitement than ever as claudine proves she's no teacher's pet.
Pat and Isabel the O'Sulivan twins, are disappointed when they have to miss the start of the new term. But they soon settle down and the summer term brings lots of fun. Bobby enthrals the whole class with her unruly behaviour. The other new grils are not so popular: goody - goody prudence is a snob and a sneak and the spanish girl, Carlotta, is hiding something.
Paulo Coelho: Obrolan dengan Sang Penziarah adalah obrolan antara Juan Arias, reporter El Pais, dengan Paulo Coelho. Dalam kesempatan bincang-bincang ini para pembaca diajak untuk mengikuti kisah hidup Coelho yang penuh inspirasi. Sejak muda Coelho adalah sosok non-konformis yang tak henti mencari kebaruan dan tak gentar menyambut yang buruk dan yang baik di jalan hidupnya. Setelah mengalami b…
Dalam novel Senja di Jakarta, Mochtar Lubis telah menyayat penghidupan politik dan sosial di Jakarta selama kurun waktu tahun 1960-an, dan dengan kejernihan yang mengerikan berhasil membuka arus-arus kemiskinan, korupsi dan kejahatan yang mengalir dengan deras di bawah permukaan kehidupan setiap hari di kota Jakarta, yang merupakan salah sebuah kota terbesar di Asia. Meskipun novel ini bercerit…