Ambillah alat tulismu, lupakan dulu tata bahasa dan tanda baca. Tulis dan tulis saja sepanjang yang yang kamu inginkan. Bagaimana jika salah? Jangan takut membuat kesalahan. Nanti, kan, bisa dibenahi. Bagaimana jika idenya tidak bagus? Ide yang tidak bagus jauh lebih bagus daripada ide yang tidak dituliskan. Yang penting sekarang, tulislah ceritamu, bermain-mainlah dengan kata-kata. Sebebas-beb…
Menulis itu semakin berlatih semakin lancar. Buku 286 Ide untuk Ceritamu berisi pancingan ide yang bisa menjadi teman untuk latihan menulis. Ada 31 kata sebagai ide menulis setiap hari. Ada pancingan untuk menulis tiap pekan. Juga pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang jawabannya bisa menjadi tulisan yang panjang. Lewat mantra "Tuliskanlah sepanjang yang kamu mau. Ceritakanlah sebanyak yang kamu ingin", Re…
Was hat man sich unter »Oberst von Huhn breitet sich drastisch in einer Weißweincreme Aus, mit Penne Nudeln Federn und Parmesankäse« vorzustellen? Und was unter »Feng Shui vom Schwein«? Axel Hacke hat sich auf Recherche begeben und die schönsten Gerichte auf den Speisekarten aus aller Welt zusammengestellt: ein Sprachführer in die Poesie des Speisedeutschen und gleichzeitig eine Bere…
THE SEVENTH BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES The one with the witch who flew away . . . Mma Ramotswe is happily married to Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, but her work seems more hectic than ever. Among the raft of cases coming the way of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency are blackmail, witchcraft and theft, all calling for the wisdom of a traditionally built detective. …
Through the difficult days of Indonesia's authoritarianism, in the face of violence, through the euphoria of democratic transition, and ensuing disillusionment, one Indonesian writer has never lost faith in the act of writing. Goenawan Mohamad is an activist, journalist, editor, essayist, poet, commentator, theatre director and playwright. These essays, translated by his long-time collaborator …
As an airhostess with the new Indonesian Airlines, Elisa is determined to establish her independence and find a place where she really feels she belongs. With a troubled family background and almost no knowledge of her past or ancestry, Elisa is searching for her true identity. If finding her real father proves a heartbreaking search, then perhaps marriage to the handsome Javanese man she has f…
The poem satirises a petty squabble by comparing it to the epic world of the gods. It was based on an incident recounted by Pope's friend, John Caryll. Arabella Fermor and her suitor, Lord Petre, were both from aristocratic Catholic families at a period in England when Catholicism was legally proscribed. Petre, lusting after Arabella, had cut off a lock of her hair without permission, and the c…
Presents nine short stories by twentieth-century American author J.D. Salinger most shadowed by the legacy of war. *** "This collection of stories deals mainly with sensitive and troubled adolescents and children."""