Eat Pray Love is a novel memoir by American author Elizabeth Gilbert. The novel is Elizabeth's trip round the world record after he was divorced, and what he found during his travels. The story itself is really simple novel about the journey to find inner peace, but Elizabeth's speech style that flows and structured to make the story his way to Italy, India and Indonesia became the spiritual reportage an entertaining and ultimately inspiring. Especially inspiring to readers who are conducting a search for identity and integrity of real life.
Elizabeth through this book tells his experience to get away from midlife crisis. When he was at the age of thirty-one to feel confused, alone and panic. Though he had a life in the eyes of other people is fun. Exceptional education, a brilliant career, husband and home. Not happy, Gilbert actually anxious, panicky and indecisive with that condition. The climax she suffered depression, divorce, grief, failure in love and lose their way of life.
Stories:
Elizabeth Gilbert, a 31-year-old writer feels that the housewife's life is not life that he wanted to run. After the quarrel, and depression, she finally divorced. He then decided to travel around the world to search for identity and inner healing. Three years later in a still relatively young age to become a widow, 34 years, Elizabeth chose the three countries on three continents, namely Italy, India, and Indonesia as a travel destination.
Italy - Eat
First, she went to Rome to obtain gladness through the party and entertainment. With friends Italy acquaintances Elizabeth enjoying the foods of the famous Italian savory until satisfied. In Rome he was trying to forget a bad experience marital and other sentimental things. What he was doing just having fun. Go to restaurants that vary every day, museum, and partying.
India - Pray
After four months in Italy Elizabeth decided to go to India, where he visited an Ashram (a Hindu temple complete with dormitories) located on the outskirts of Mumbai to learn the spiritual with a famous teacher. In contrast to the trip and his experience in Italy, in India Elizabeth did not want to think about and do things of this world. The goal at the ashram only to find spiritual peace and closer to God. Every day she was doing yoga, prayer, meditation and helps clean the Ashram along with other pupils.
Indonesia - Love
After the Indonesian Elizabeth went to Indonesia (Bali). In Bali he intends to find a balance between worldly and spiritual life. Although Elizabeth had visited Bali before, she still not familiar with Balinese culture and did not speak Indonesian. Then he met a Hindu spiritual teacher named Mr. Ketut Liyer. Elizabeth talked about her marriage and travels around the world. Ketut Liyer explains that if you want to meditation, prayer, and get closer to God not be tiring and long-winded way. He taught Elizabeth how to get closer to God is good and easy, only about 15 minutes to 30 minutes a day. That is when you wake up in the morning and at night before bed and with a smile from the heart, mind, until the mouth.
In Bali, also Elizabeth finds her true love, Felipe a Brazilian man who had long lived in Bali. With Felipe, Elizabeth learned about the intricacies of Balinese and Indonesian culture more deeply, partying and socializing with friends and employers of foreign workers in Bali. He also learned from Felipe about love and live peacefully in Bali.
Novel Data:
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Language: English
Genre: Memoir, Spirituality
Publisher: Penguin (U.S.)
Date published: February 16, 2006
Jumat, 10 Juni 2011
Novel The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence is a novel by Edith Wharton, published in 1920. The Age of Innocence was published twice, first in four parts in the month of July to October in Pictorial Review magazine, and later by D. Appleton and Company as a book in New York and in London.
The novel was accepted by the community with a positive response, the Times Book Review mennyebutnya even as remarkable picture of New York in the past. In addition to being a bestseller in bookstores, the novel is also very popular for the library collection at the time. This novel also won a Pulitzer Prize in 1921.
Stories:
This novel tells about the life of nobles in the 19th century in New York. "The Age of Innocence" presents the story of a love triangle between the 3 main characters Newland Archer, May Welland, and the Countess Oleska. May is the fiance but Newland Newland will fall in love with May's cousin, Countess who has a family. Forbidden love is present when Newland felt pity when he saw the Countess who received harsh treatment from her husband. Newland began to frequent attention Countess and is slowly growing sense of love. While Archer tries as a faithful husband, but can not fool myself that he loved another woman
This affair ultimately must be known by May. May is so in love with Newland very upset with this situation. What will be May? What happens then?
The theme of this novel is about a love triangle which is unusual in those days because honor is upheld so that infidelity is a thing not very dignified, and if there is a violation of traditions or norms imaginable that they would be treated with berbeda.Yang will make lg they will not feel comfortable to hang out in the neighborhood.
This novel has been filmed by director Martin Scorsese and managed to obtain a Golden Globe and Oscar nominations. Sedagkan who starred in this movie include Daniel Day Lewis (Newland Archer), Winona Ryder (May Welland) and Michelle Pfeiffer (Countess Oleska)
Novel Data:
Author (s): Edith Wharton
Country: United States
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Genre (s): Novels
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
Publication date: July to October 1920
The novel was accepted by the community with a positive response, the Times Book Review mennyebutnya even as remarkable picture of New York in the past. In addition to being a bestseller in bookstores, the novel is also very popular for the library collection at the time. This novel also won a Pulitzer Prize in 1921.
Stories:
This novel tells about the life of nobles in the 19th century in New York. "The Age of Innocence" presents the story of a love triangle between the 3 main characters Newland Archer, May Welland, and the Countess Oleska. May is the fiance but Newland Newland will fall in love with May's cousin, Countess who has a family. Forbidden love is present when Newland felt pity when he saw the Countess who received harsh treatment from her husband. Newland began to frequent attention Countess and is slowly growing sense of love. While Archer tries as a faithful husband, but can not fool myself that he loved another woman
This affair ultimately must be known by May. May is so in love with Newland very upset with this situation. What will be May? What happens then?
The theme of this novel is about a love triangle which is unusual in those days because honor is upheld so that infidelity is a thing not very dignified, and if there is a violation of traditions or norms imaginable that they would be treated with berbeda.Yang will make lg they will not feel comfortable to hang out in the neighborhood.
This novel has been filmed by director Martin Scorsese and managed to obtain a Golden Globe and Oscar nominations. Sedagkan who starred in this movie include Daniel Day Lewis (Newland Archer), Winona Ryder (May Welland) and Michelle Pfeiffer (Countess Oleska)
Novel Data:
Author (s): Edith Wharton
Country: United States
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Genre (s): Novels
Publisher: D. Appleton and Company
Publication date: July to October 1920
Kamis, 09 Juni 2011
The Davinci Code - The Controversial Novel Success
The Da Vinci Code is a novel by American author Dan Brown and published in 2003 by Doubleday. This book opens with the words of Dan Brown that "All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents and secret rituals in this novel are accurate," although this claim is disputed by scholars academics in discussions of books. This book is one of the world's best-selling book sold over 36 million copies and been translated into over 40 languages.
Combining the style of a detective, thriller and conspiracy theory, this novel has helped popularize the attention of a theory about the legendary Holy Grail (Holy Grail) and the role of Mary Magdalene in Christian history. The theories considered by Christians as heretical and has been criticized as an inaccurate history. Claims storyline says that the Catholic Church has been involved in a conspiracy to cover up the true story of Jesus. This implies that the Vatican by consciously aware of being alive in a falsehood, but doing something in order to maintain his power. The fans praise that this book is creative, although critics also attacked by saying inaccurate and poorly written, and condemned a controversial stance on the role of the Christian Church.
Stories:
The story of this novel begins with the murder of Jacques Sauniere was a curator of the Louvre, in Paris. Killings carried out Silas, a monk, in order to get the keystone secret Priory of Sion, because there is contained information about the Holy Grail, the cup used by Jesus in the last holy communion with his disciples. Before he died, Jacques Sauniere had given instructions that resulted in Robert Langdon's password, symbols scientist from Harvard University, got involved in this case.
Robert Landon then worked with Sophie Neveu, a French government scientists password, which also granddaughter of Jacques Sauniere. In this effort, both continue to be hunted Captain Bezu Fache, a member of the French criminal detectives, and Silas. Captain Bezu want to uncover cases of murder, while Silas was assigned to the leader of Opus Dei, a secret organization of the Catholic Church, in order to save the Catholic Church.
Robert Landon and Sophie Neveu then met with Sir Leigh Teabing, the scientists who explore the secrets of the Holy Grail. Teabing describes the various "secret church", of whom Jesus was only human who was married to Mary Magdalene. So for the sake of political interests of the Roman Emperor Constantine set Jesus as Lord through a council (meeting of the church) in the city of Nicaea in 325. The council decided all the "bible is right", which states Jesus was a human being, banned and burned. While the "original followers of Jesus", namely those who do not believe in the divinity of Jesus was established as the heretics, and must be destroyed.
Furthermore, Teabing explains Leonardo da Vinci, who is a member of the Priory of Sion secret union, knowing the secret marriage of Jesus to Mary Magdalene, so the task is to keep the secret union. However, Leonardo da Vinci leaked through a very famous painting, The Last Supper that depicts the atmosphere of the Passover meal before Jesus was arrested. The painting is to hide some code that shows Mary Magdalene was the wife of Jesus.
Novel Data:
Author (s): Dan Brown
Publisher: Doubleday Group (United States), Transworld Publishers, (UK), Bantam Books (United Kingdom)
Combining the style of a detective, thriller and conspiracy theory, this novel has helped popularize the attention of a theory about the legendary Holy Grail (Holy Grail) and the role of Mary Magdalene in Christian history. The theories considered by Christians as heretical and has been criticized as an inaccurate history. Claims storyline says that the Catholic Church has been involved in a conspiracy to cover up the true story of Jesus. This implies that the Vatican by consciously aware of being alive in a falsehood, but doing something in order to maintain his power. The fans praise that this book is creative, although critics also attacked by saying inaccurate and poorly written, and condemned a controversial stance on the role of the Christian Church.
Stories:
The story of this novel begins with the murder of Jacques Sauniere was a curator of the Louvre, in Paris. Killings carried out Silas, a monk, in order to get the keystone secret Priory of Sion, because there is contained information about the Holy Grail, the cup used by Jesus in the last holy communion with his disciples. Before he died, Jacques Sauniere had given instructions that resulted in Robert Langdon's password, symbols scientist from Harvard University, got involved in this case.
Robert Landon then worked with Sophie Neveu, a French government scientists password, which also granddaughter of Jacques Sauniere. In this effort, both continue to be hunted Captain Bezu Fache, a member of the French criminal detectives, and Silas. Captain Bezu want to uncover cases of murder, while Silas was assigned to the leader of Opus Dei, a secret organization of the Catholic Church, in order to save the Catholic Church.
Robert Landon and Sophie Neveu then met with Sir Leigh Teabing, the scientists who explore the secrets of the Holy Grail. Teabing describes the various "secret church", of whom Jesus was only human who was married to Mary Magdalene. So for the sake of political interests of the Roman Emperor Constantine set Jesus as Lord through a council (meeting of the church) in the city of Nicaea in 325. The council decided all the "bible is right", which states Jesus was a human being, banned and burned. While the "original followers of Jesus", namely those who do not believe in the divinity of Jesus was established as the heretics, and must be destroyed.
Furthermore, Teabing explains Leonardo da Vinci, who is a member of the Priory of Sion secret union, knowing the secret marriage of Jesus to Mary Magdalene, so the task is to keep the secret union. However, Leonardo da Vinci leaked through a very famous painting, The Last Supper that depicts the atmosphere of the Passover meal before Jesus was arrested. The painting is to hide some code that shows Mary Magdalene was the wife of Jesus.
Novel Data:
Author (s): Dan Brown
Publisher: Doubleday Group (United States), Transworld Publishers, (UK), Bantam Books (United Kingdom)
A Tale of Two Cities - Love Story of Sacrifice in the Period of the French Revolution
Famous novelist or a novel which is considered as one of the most important British writers of England from the reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain was Charles John Huffam Dickens (born in Landport, England, February 7, 1812 - died in London, June 9, 1870 at the age of 58 years). Dickens is still popular even today and all of his books can still be purchased. Many of these books have also been made into film.Ia. He is the novelist most famous and best in the Victorian era and also someone who is active in social jobs.
One of the famous works are A Tale of Two Cities the background of the French Revolution. This novel is a historical novel, it's just that the events of the French Revolution was more a display of the background behind the novel, which appear to face is the human story, the characters who live and suffer due to the revolution. Revolution has become a fiction, with all its interpretations, linear, faceless. Dickens himself inspired many of Thomas Carlyle, a philosopher of history are reliable, when it gave birth to this work.
Dickens cleverly pulled the days before and ahead of the revolution through the contradictions. He opposes the feudal France and Britain are subject to the law. The first sentence of the novel is very visual and descriptive it reads, "This is the worst in history, this is the best era in civilization ..." This contradiction extends until the end of the page. The main character is always two, multiple events, and its symbols ambivalent.
Stories:
The story of A Tale of Two Cities was originally told about Doctor Alexandre Manette in the Bastille prison for trying to help a poor family who were massacred. Although finally free but due to being tortured for 18 years Manette became half mad, can not even recognize Lucie Manette, only daughter who came looking for from London
Lucie Manette and Jarvis Lorry, a friend of Manette then took him to London for recovery. It took five years of therapy. Until they met Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay. Carton a British lawyer who cynically. While an attorney Darnay romantic than French. They're handling the case of the arrest of a spy and Lucie advanced to face trial as a witness because it was accidentally talking to a mirror in the vessel as to London.
Carton and Darnay is what later became the protagonist of this novel until the end. Both love Lucie. And in the end chose Lucie Darnay, while still loving Carton. Dickens presents a mystery when Manette Darnay will be refusing to tell his family genealogy on the night of marriage. Manette already know and do not want to trauma recurrence. Who is Charles Darnay?
Identity began to lift as the events that occurred in London and Paris. He was still descendants of the French nobility. His father and uncle even very famous because kebengisannya. Darnay formerly ran away from his father because of the events witnessed at the age of three years. His father slaughtered a poor family. Not only that, a doctor who tried to help even thrown into the Bastille. The doctor was none other than Alexandre Manette. So he hesitated when applying for Lucie Manette and know who the Doctor really is. While Lucie innocent but tough it did not have the slightest inkling about the origin of her future husband.
The story was more complicated because of Darnay and then thrown into the Bastille. Darnay was arrested when his uncle to see before dying. Lucie who heard the bad news was immediately rolled into Paris. But its status as the wife of Darnay meneyebabkan he rejected the residents, who had helped dicibir his father, who used their dihardik congenial with his family.
In urgent situations, the Sydney Carton quietly sneaked into the prison to see Darnay. He can freely go in there armed with Londonnya identity. By citizens of Paris, London, highly respected person as deserving help the exiles. Carton drugged Darnay who refused to exchange clothes. Lawyers of gloom since Lucie was able to smuggle rejected "rivals" were out of prison. He himself remained in jail with Darnay identity. "Far ... much better that way, "said Carton while facing death. He sacrificed for Lucie, his loved ones, and to France even though he was an Englishman.
Novel Data:
Author: Charles Dickens
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Genre: Novel, Historical, Social criticism
Publisher: London: Chapman & Hall
Date published: 1859
One of the famous works are A Tale of Two Cities the background of the French Revolution. This novel is a historical novel, it's just that the events of the French Revolution was more a display of the background behind the novel, which appear to face is the human story, the characters who live and suffer due to the revolution. Revolution has become a fiction, with all its interpretations, linear, faceless. Dickens himself inspired many of Thomas Carlyle, a philosopher of history are reliable, when it gave birth to this work.
Dickens cleverly pulled the days before and ahead of the revolution through the contradictions. He opposes the feudal France and Britain are subject to the law. The first sentence of the novel is very visual and descriptive it reads, "This is the worst in history, this is the best era in civilization ..." This contradiction extends until the end of the page. The main character is always two, multiple events, and its symbols ambivalent.
Stories:
The story of A Tale of Two Cities was originally told about Doctor Alexandre Manette in the Bastille prison for trying to help a poor family who were massacred. Although finally free but due to being tortured for 18 years Manette became half mad, can not even recognize Lucie Manette, only daughter who came looking for from London
Lucie Manette and Jarvis Lorry, a friend of Manette then took him to London for recovery. It took five years of therapy. Until they met Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay. Carton a British lawyer who cynically. While an attorney Darnay romantic than French. They're handling the case of the arrest of a spy and Lucie advanced to face trial as a witness because it was accidentally talking to a mirror in the vessel as to London.
Carton and Darnay is what later became the protagonist of this novel until the end. Both love Lucie. And in the end chose Lucie Darnay, while still loving Carton. Dickens presents a mystery when Manette Darnay will be refusing to tell his family genealogy on the night of marriage. Manette already know and do not want to trauma recurrence. Who is Charles Darnay?
Identity began to lift as the events that occurred in London and Paris. He was still descendants of the French nobility. His father and uncle even very famous because kebengisannya. Darnay formerly ran away from his father because of the events witnessed at the age of three years. His father slaughtered a poor family. Not only that, a doctor who tried to help even thrown into the Bastille. The doctor was none other than Alexandre Manette. So he hesitated when applying for Lucie Manette and know who the Doctor really is. While Lucie innocent but tough it did not have the slightest inkling about the origin of her future husband.
The story was more complicated because of Darnay and then thrown into the Bastille. Darnay was arrested when his uncle to see before dying. Lucie who heard the bad news was immediately rolled into Paris. But its status as the wife of Darnay meneyebabkan he rejected the residents, who had helped dicibir his father, who used their dihardik congenial with his family.
In urgent situations, the Sydney Carton quietly sneaked into the prison to see Darnay. He can freely go in there armed with Londonnya identity. By citizens of Paris, London, highly respected person as deserving help the exiles. Carton drugged Darnay who refused to exchange clothes. Lawyers of gloom since Lucie was able to smuggle rejected "rivals" were out of prison. He himself remained in jail with Darnay identity. "Far ... much better that way, "said Carton while facing death. He sacrificed for Lucie, his loved ones, and to France even though he was an Englishman.
Novel Data:
Author: Charles Dickens
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Genre: Novel, Historical, Social criticism
Publisher: London: Chapman & Hall
Date published: 1859
Novel To Kill a Mocking Bird
Published in 1961, was written for 2.5 years after To Kill A mocking Bird was the first novel and the only novel written by Harper Lee. The novel was immediately invited a reaction in the community because of racial violence by the Ku Klux Klan reached peak periods. Lee courage to reveal and express the attitude created a lot of pressure for him.
Apart from that, once published To Kill a mocking Bird became an instant best seller. Sold 2.5 million copies and reprinted 14 times in the first year. The novel also won the award Pulitizer Winning Prize For Fiction 1961. In addition, this novel into the Guinness Book of World Records as the novel Bestsellers All Time since successfully sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. In fact, the novel tells the story of love and prejudice is to bring the author Harper Lee receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award 2007 the Highest Civilian Honor USA.
A book with a common theme for many stories like this are told, but be unique when the narrator is a young girl resident of Maycomb, Alabama, this novel will show that a human prejudice often blinding. And a justice can only be born from the love that can not distinguish any one's background. Harper Lee has succeeded in presenting a captivating novel that is very memorable and timeless era.
With the background of American States about the year 1932an still thick with slavery, where black people as a race the bottom and white people as the ruler of the country. Stories mengalurkan a struggle of a lawyer defending a black slave accused of raping a white girl.
Stories:
Scout and Jem Finch's life changed completely when their father becomes the defender of a black man. When Atticus defend a society that is considered waste, criticism came from all over the city. Atticus was assigned to defend a black named Tom Robinson, accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a young white woman. Although many residents of Maycomb who disagree, Atticus agrees to defend Tom Robinson.
Other children taunted Jem and Scout with a result of his father's actions as "nigger lovers." Scout affected it, and often fight on behalf of his father's honor. Attycus itself must deal with a group of people who intend to kill Tom Robinson. In the middle of exposure to problems that befall his family, the little Scout learns that life is not always black and white.
In 1962, the book was adapted into a movie with the same title directed by Robert Mulligan, and managed to get an Oscar. Since 1990, the drama is based on the story of this book is played regularly in Monroeville, Alabama, home of the author, Harper Lee.
The Meaning of To Kill a mocking Bird is a metaphor that means killing something that really does not bother us.
Novel Data:
Author: Harper Lee
Country: United States
Language: English
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott & Co..
Date published: July 11, 1960
Apart from that, once published To Kill a mocking Bird became an instant best seller. Sold 2.5 million copies and reprinted 14 times in the first year. The novel also won the award Pulitizer Winning Prize For Fiction 1961. In addition, this novel into the Guinness Book of World Records as the novel Bestsellers All Time since successfully sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. In fact, the novel tells the story of love and prejudice is to bring the author Harper Lee receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award 2007 the Highest Civilian Honor USA.
A book with a common theme for many stories like this are told, but be unique when the narrator is a young girl resident of Maycomb, Alabama, this novel will show that a human prejudice often blinding. And a justice can only be born from the love that can not distinguish any one's background. Harper Lee has succeeded in presenting a captivating novel that is very memorable and timeless era.
With the background of American States about the year 1932an still thick with slavery, where black people as a race the bottom and white people as the ruler of the country. Stories mengalurkan a struggle of a lawyer defending a black slave accused of raping a white girl.
Stories:
Scout and Jem Finch's life changed completely when their father becomes the defender of a black man. When Atticus defend a society that is considered waste, criticism came from all over the city. Atticus was assigned to defend a black named Tom Robinson, accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a young white woman. Although many residents of Maycomb who disagree, Atticus agrees to defend Tom Robinson.
Other children taunted Jem and Scout with a result of his father's actions as "nigger lovers." Scout affected it, and often fight on behalf of his father's honor. Attycus itself must deal with a group of people who intend to kill Tom Robinson. In the middle of exposure to problems that befall his family, the little Scout learns that life is not always black and white.
In 1962, the book was adapted into a movie with the same title directed by Robert Mulligan, and managed to get an Oscar. Since 1990, the drama is based on the story of this book is played regularly in Monroeville, Alabama, home of the author, Harper Lee.
The Meaning of To Kill a mocking Bird is a metaphor that means killing something that really does not bother us.
Novel Data:
Author: Harper Lee
Country: United States
Language: English
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott & Co..
Date published: July 11, 1960
Rabu, 08 Juni 2011
Novel Under The Volcano
Under the Volcano was first published in 1947, but the real story began 11 years before that in 1936 when the writer Malcolm Lowry went to Mexico and lived in Cuernavaca with his first wife, Jan Gabrial.
Lowry wrote this novel after seeing a man dying on the side of the road while traveling through Mexico by bus. Lowry and his wife are advised to not get off the bus and disturbing. Then they saw a pelado (Vagrant) stole his money. This story evolved into a novel completed in 1940, but Lowry feels still needs to be revised again and again, just end up getting published in 1947.
Except for the chapter frame the story, a story in this novel only lasted for one day. The main character is Geoffrey Firmin aka Consul, middle-aged men who are addicted to alcohol in Quauhnahuac (Cuernavaca), Mexico. A month ago he and his wife Yvonne separated. During a break, Yvonne has several times sent a letter asking to make it up again (it turns out all these letters have never been accepted by Geoffrey). and on that day he returned to Cuernavaca to make one last attempt to save their marriage. On that day the Consul's half-brother, Hugh has come in Cuernavaca from the United States
This book is a tragedy: each of the three leaders met with guilt: Consul who became a drunkard, Yvonne cheating on her husband and leave her marriage, and Hugh felt his youth will fail.
This novel takes the background while. A celebration in Mexico to pray and remember your friends and family members who have died. When the people of Mexico are happy, Counsul, Yvonne, and Hugh, feel their life is over and has no meaning anymore.
Under The Volcano itself has been filmed in the know, 1984, directed by John Huston with a starring Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews and Katy Jurado. The film received Oscar nominations for Best Actor (Albert Finney) and Best Music, Original Score.
Novel Data:
Author: Malcolm Lowry
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Genre: Tragedy, Drama
Lowry wrote this novel after seeing a man dying on the side of the road while traveling through Mexico by bus. Lowry and his wife are advised to not get off the bus and disturbing. Then they saw a pelado (Vagrant) stole his money. This story evolved into a novel completed in 1940, but Lowry feels still needs to be revised again and again, just end up getting published in 1947.
Except for the chapter frame the story, a story in this novel only lasted for one day. The main character is Geoffrey Firmin aka Consul, middle-aged men who are addicted to alcohol in Quauhnahuac (Cuernavaca), Mexico. A month ago he and his wife Yvonne separated. During a break, Yvonne has several times sent a letter asking to make it up again (it turns out all these letters have never been accepted by Geoffrey). and on that day he returned to Cuernavaca to make one last attempt to save their marriage. On that day the Consul's half-brother, Hugh has come in Cuernavaca from the United States
This book is a tragedy: each of the three leaders met with guilt: Consul who became a drunkard, Yvonne cheating on her husband and leave her marriage, and Hugh felt his youth will fail.
This novel takes the background while. A celebration in Mexico to pray and remember your friends and family members who have died. When the people of Mexico are happy, Counsul, Yvonne, and Hugh, feel their life is over and has no meaning anymore.
Under The Volcano itself has been filmed in the know, 1984, directed by John Huston with a starring Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews and Katy Jurado. The film received Oscar nominations for Best Actor (Albert Finney) and Best Music, Original Score.
Novel Data:
Author: Malcolm Lowry
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Genre: Tragedy, Drama
Lolita - Novel About Forbidden Love Story
The novel is renowned in the international world because the story idea and subject content of the book is so controversial, so it can be said that quite vulgar novel. Here the narrator and protagonist, Humbert is a man obsessed and sexually involved with women aged 12 years. Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov was first published in 1955.
After its appearance novel Lolita obtain the status of legend, became one of the best novels and is the most controversial literature in the 20th century. Then came the term Lolicon or lolita complex, a term in the community for those who obsess on underage girls
Lolita told through the point of view of the main character of Humbert, writer, born in 1910 in Paris. He is obsessed with girls because of the failure with his childhood love, Annabel Leigh for "typhoid". Before the outbreak of World War II, Humbert leaves Paris to New York. In 1947, he moved to Ramsdale, a small town in New England, to write. When the house that was promised to him on fire, Humbert offered to move into the residence of Charlotte Haze, a widow who attracted to Humbert.
Humbert initially recommended denial of Charlotte will offer, until at last see the daughter of Mrs. Haze Humbert who was 12 years old were relaxing in the park. Humbert saw the figure of Annabel in Dolores kepadannya instantly fell in love and agrees to rent a room at the residence of Haze.
Furthermore, the story went on until when the time required to approve Humbert marries her or when she would be expelled from the residence of Haze. Until then at the death of Charlotte Haze in an accident, Humbert and Dolores took with him. In this way there are many stories of the relationship between Humbert with Dolores including their sexual relationship that is actually imposed unilaterally by the Humber.
Dolores and Humbert relationship story is quite complex and quite tragic end because keduannya they end in death. Humbert died in prison due to "coronary thrombosis" after writing the final manuscript Dolores died while giving birth at the time of his son.
The novel Lolita to date continue to be discussed people, students of literary criticism, and a best-seller in many countries. The novel was even named as one of the most influential novel published in the twentieth century version of the leading international magazine, Time, turn of the millennium edition (1999), with Ulysses (James Joyce) and One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez).
Novel Data:
Author(s) : Vladimir Nabokov
Country : Russia/United States
Language : English, Russian
Genre(s) : Tragicomedy, novel
Publisher : Olympia Press, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Fawcett, Transworld (Corgi), Phaedra
Publication date : 1955
After its appearance novel Lolita obtain the status of legend, became one of the best novels and is the most controversial literature in the 20th century. Then came the term Lolicon or lolita complex, a term in the community for those who obsess on underage girls
Lolita told through the point of view of the main character of Humbert, writer, born in 1910 in Paris. He is obsessed with girls because of the failure with his childhood love, Annabel Leigh for "typhoid". Before the outbreak of World War II, Humbert leaves Paris to New York. In 1947, he moved to Ramsdale, a small town in New England, to write. When the house that was promised to him on fire, Humbert offered to move into the residence of Charlotte Haze, a widow who attracted to Humbert.
Humbert initially recommended denial of Charlotte will offer, until at last see the daughter of Mrs. Haze Humbert who was 12 years old were relaxing in the park. Humbert saw the figure of Annabel in Dolores kepadannya instantly fell in love and agrees to rent a room at the residence of Haze.
Furthermore, the story went on until when the time required to approve Humbert marries her or when she would be expelled from the residence of Haze. Until then at the death of Charlotte Haze in an accident, Humbert and Dolores took with him. In this way there are many stories of the relationship between Humbert with Dolores including their sexual relationship that is actually imposed unilaterally by the Humber.
Dolores and Humbert relationship story is quite complex and quite tragic end because keduannya they end in death. Humbert died in prison due to "coronary thrombosis" after writing the final manuscript Dolores died while giving birth at the time of his son.
The novel Lolita to date continue to be discussed people, students of literary criticism, and a best-seller in many countries. The novel was even named as one of the most influential novel published in the twentieth century version of the leading international magazine, Time, turn of the millennium edition (1999), with Ulysses (James Joyce) and One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez).
Novel Data:
Author(s) : Vladimir Nabokov
Country : Russia/United States
Language : English, Russian
Genre(s) : Tragicomedy, novel
Publisher : Olympia Press, G. P. Putnam's Sons, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Fawcett, Transworld (Corgi), Phaedra
Publication date : 1955
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