Author: Marilena Mexi
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1447529898
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Peace and tranquility on the island of Aster, home to both humans and 'merfolk', has long been broken by a devastating phenomenon, recurring every five years. A storm including gusting winds and huge waves mysteriously appeared and eradicated much of the population. The misunderstandings, suspicion and hate born of this disaster have torn the two races apart, and the peace loving merfolk are now in a never-ending struggle to prove their innocence and restore peace to the island. On the human side, things are even worse; under the tyranny of cruel king Orestis, the people suffer and all their king cares for is vengeance against the "fish," as he spitefully calls them, executing merfolk after merfolk for just being near his lands. Secrets, intense emotions and strange phenomena will upset their lives forever.
Author: Jessica Galera Andreu
Publisher: Babelcube Inc.
ISBN: 1071518763
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Antara has been blind and only her family remains by her side. Starting over is difficult, but the flame of illusion can catch on again. A rainy afternoon, the she meets a boy who makes a declaration of love and then... disappears. Antara must find him in the pages of a magical book in a fantasy world. Among fairies, centaurs, gnomes, pirates and a hostile existence. She will accidentally fall into the hands of the king of Evestya, whom everyone knows as the bloodthirsty. But what if she ended up falling in love with him?
Author: Asmahan Sallah
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292702820
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Walid Ikhlassi evokes the individual's struggle for dignity and significance in the Syrian city of Aleppo during the French mandate of the forties and fifties. His characters' seeking of personal fulfillment parallels the struggle of the nation for self-definition. The changing political and cultural landscape of Syria challenges individuals in their attempts to live lives of integrity, as Ikhlassi provides analytical insights into the civil society of Syria, the axis of his writing. From the boy Antara who personifies the Arab legend of a half-African slave warrior/hero to everyday middle-aged lovers, Ikhlassi's characters fight colonial oppression and corruption from the newly formed government. Foreign and internal forces challenge the evolution of a modern nation rooted in traditional Arab values. Its strong and determined men and women refuse to accept victimhood. The introduction by author and critic Elizabeth Warnock Fernea places the stories in their historical and literary context. An avowed experimentalist, Ikhlassi portrays the modern human situation through techniques as widely divergent as realism, surrealism, interior monologue, and stream-of-consciousness. Selections of his work have been translated into English, Russian, French, German, Dutch, Armenian, and other languages.
Author: Swee Tin Lim
Publisher: ITBM
ISBN: 9830685764
Category : Malay poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 163
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Author: Ahmat Adam
Publisher: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre
ISBN: 9672165935
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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Sulalat u’s-Salatin atau Sejarah Melayu, bersama-sama dengan Hikayat Hang Tuah adalah dua buah karya klasik agung orang Melayu yang tidak perlu ditekankan peri pentingnya dalam sejarah kebudayaan bangsa itu. Dihasilkan pada abad ke-16 dan ke-17, karya yang asalnya ditulis berperingkat-peringkat dengan berdasarkan tradisi lisan, masing-masing telah menjadi rujukan utama dalam pengajian sejarah dan kebudayaan bangsa Melayu. Kendatipun banyak orang menganggap Sejarah Melayu sebagai sebuah karya sejarah yang bona fide, dan ramai pula yang menganggap Hikayat Hang Tuah adalah epik sejarah yang benar-benar meriwayatkan petualangan Laksamana Melaka yang hidup antara abad ke-15 dan ke-16, namun usaha membicarakan dua teks Melayu klasik ini tidak pernah dibuat secara kritis untuk menentukan dengan pasti sejauh mana Sejarah Melayu dapat dianggap sebagai sumber sejarah yang boleh dipercayai, dan sejauh mana pula manusia yang bernama Hang Tuah itu benar-benar wujud dalam sejarah. Mungkinkah kewujudan Hang Tuah itu hanya berasaskan kepercayaan banyak orang, setelah terpengaruh oleh Hikayat Hang Tuah yang pernah tersebar secara meluas di serata pelosok dunia Melayu semenjak tidak kurang daripada empat abad yang lalu? Buku Antara Sejarah dan Mitos yang bernada kritis ini ditulis oleh seorang sejarawan yang cuba merungkai persoalan kebolehpercayaan Sejarah Melayu sebagai sumber sejarah yang utuh, dan juga menganalisis secara kritis kewujudan Hang Tuah dalam sejarah silam Melaka bagi menentukan sama ada figur ini adalah benar-benar tokoh sejarah ataupun semata-mata tokoh yang dimitoskan sahaja.
Author: Robin Block, Angelina Enny
Publisher: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia
ISBN: 6024813163
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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The colours of the heart cannot be captured on a flag. And what can science explain about your suffering? What do the numbers say about the memories that haunt you in dreams? —Robin Block, ‘Inner War.’ One day, I stripped off my childhood to arrive at a passage towards to adulthood Overseas —Angelina Enny, ‘One Day I Crossed.’ Too often, Indonesia and the Netherlands present their shared history as two separate stories that barely seem to touch one another. Grand narratives of heroes, victims, soldiers and flags. But where is the common ground? Where can we place the subtle twists of fate and ambiguities of the heart? What do we do with the personal stories that fit neither country nor flag? In Between brings two worlds together in poems, personal stories and mantras. Robin Block (NL) and Angelina Enny (ID) create an in-between world of the past and present, the mythical and the real, the personal and the universal. What happens when we share our most personal stories? And listen to the sounds of our memories and dreams, the voices of our ancestors?
Author: Aleya Aneesa
Publisher: Alaf 21
ISBN: 983124222X
Category : Malay fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 521
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Emelda sama sekali tidak menduga begini lipatan takdir yang dijanjikan untuknya. Namun dia tetap pasrah dan reda dengan setiap ujian yang datang. Yakin... Sesukar mana pun perjalanan hidup, masih ada keindahan dan kemanisan yang akan dikecapi. Lantaran itu, dia rela bila melihat derita yang ditanggung oleh si kakak. Jika inilah yang dinamakan pengorbanan, dia tahu dia telah melakukan pengorbanan yang tidak ternilai harganya. Masa depan dan harga diri! Namun, apa pilihan yang dia ada? “Tapi... dalam hidup ini tidak semua yang kita ingini akan kita dapat malah kadangkala kita terpaksa berkorban hati dan perasaan. Apa lagi bila melibatkan perasaan orang lain.” Akur dengan kata-kata itulah, Emelda akhirnya rela memperjudikan nasib bersama Aril Fatah. Meskipun saat memandang wajah itu tidak ubah seperti melihat kertas putih. Tapi demi Atiea dan Dania, dia tetap mencuba sedaya yang boleh. Walaupun dia tahu, bila kebenaran terbongkar, dia yang akan karam sendiri! “Benarkah perkahwinan tanpa cinta itu teguhnya seperti sebuah istana pasir? Diusik ombak, pasti akan goyang. Apatah lagi jika gelombang yang tiada taranya.” Lantas hati kecil Emelda bertanya, “Inikah balasan atas pengorbanan yang kulakukan selama bertahun-tahun ini?” Sedangkan dalam waktu yang sama, Aril Fatah leka memikirkan kata-kata tulus Hakimi yang lebih kepada cabaran. “Kalau benar sayang, berusahalah untuk mendapatkan cintanya!”
Author: Bonnie C. Wade
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521256599
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Bonnie C. Wade studies khyal and the cultural history behind the art.
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Category : Indonesia
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Author: Vilhelm Trenckner
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Category : Pali language
Languages : en
Pages : 758
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