Over the last two decades Timothy Mo has been responsible for producing some of the best postcolonial fiction written in English. From his debut Monkey King, to two of his finest novels Sour Sweet and An Insular Possession, Mo has written with great wit and political intelligence about the postcolonial condition from his own uniquely Anglo-Asian perspective. With Renegade or Halo Mo confirms hi…
Dalam buku “Aku Eks Tapol” memang dikisahkan pengalaman masa kecil Hersri dan kegiatannya di Lekra (Lembaga Kebudayaan Rakyat). Organisasi ini didirikan 17-8-1950 untuk mengimbangi Sticusa yang dibentuk oleh pemerintah Indonesia-Belanda seusai KMB (Konferensi Meja Bundar). Lekra melakukan kegiatan turba (turun ke bawah), artinya penggiat kesenian itu turun ke desa untuk melakukan “sama ke…
The lives of three very different groups of people--gangsters on the streets of Manila, middle-class suburban families, and a group of street children and the psychologist studying them--intertwine in an intricately woven tale, set in the Philippines, that spans three generations.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is the first great book of man's heart. Inscribed onto clay tablets around 2400 BC, it enthralled the ancient world with a story of love, heroism, friendship, grief and defiance of the Gods. That it continues to speak to us today, despite its fragmentary state, is testimony to the power and humanity of its themes: King Gilgamesh's lament for his dead friend Enkidu is still…