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Continue reading →: Gaung MaafSemoga di hari yang baik, jika memang jalan bagi aku dan untukmu, Semoga, semoga, ada pertemuan untuk kita.
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Continue reading →: On Tolstoy’s War and Peace: I Came for Napoleon, I Stay for Life“There’s a war now against Napoleon. If it were a war for freedom, I could understand it and should be the first to enter the army; but to help England and Austria against the greatest men in the world is not right.” (p. 25) For so many years, one man…
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Continue reading →: Liminal DesolationThe wall I face in my liminal space stands as my only companion in solitudeLying on my bed, I wonder how much life still lingers within meBut the coarse edges of him, with their dark stain, feel like seeing the open woundAnd without notice, a small bird flew away from…
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Continue reading →: Acknowledging Self-Depravity in The Brothers KaramazovMy reading selections for several years since 2020 has been anything but easy. I challenge myself to explore the great works the world had witnessed since the popular romance books were less amusing to me. I came to Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov since the year of 2024 but before that,…
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Continue reading →: The Urge to Read Dostoevsky: Catching the Glimpse of Despair and HopeThis article was written by my personal opinion. Please do not plagiarize it. This is the part one of “On Dostoevsky” In the world of literature and philosophy, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic stories have influenced many prominent figures. These include well-known thinkers, authors, and philosophers. Even some of us have sensed…
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Continue reading →: Arus Balik: Saat Bangsa Jawa Tak Punya Cita-citaMembaca Arus Balik karya Pramoedya Ananta Toer bagaikan mengenang luka-luka kolektif bangsa Jawa
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Continue reading →: Colophon Episode 2: Lelananging JagadIstilah lelananging jagad yang digunakan Jawa untuk menggambarkan Portugis dan Spanyol hadir karena ketidakyakinan bangsa
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Continue reading →: Colophon Episode 1: Sikap Pengecut Masyarakat Jawa100 Halaman Pertama Arus Balik Karya Pramoedya Ananta Toer Sastrawan realisme Indonesia Pramoedya Ananta Toer menulis keresahan hatinya dalam karya-karyanya, salah satunya adalah Arus Balik di mana dengan risetnya, Pram berhasil menunjukkan jika bangsa Jawa telah hancur akibat arus yang membalik kejayaan bangsa. Novel atau epos — seperti yang disebutkan…
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Continue reading →: Nyanyian Sunyi Lelembut Cantik dalam Of Love and Other DemonsHere is the personal review of Of Love and Other Demons written by myself in Indonesian language. I pointed the irony of Spanish colonials way in South Amerika which used religion as their tools to conquer the land.
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Continue reading →: Gulag Archipelago: Potret Kemiripan Pemimpin Indonesia dengan SovietGulag Archipelago seperti sebuah catatan sejarah yang menunjukkan kemiripan Soviet dengan Indonesia. Kapankah kita mengaku jika pemimpin kita memiliki pemikiran yang mirip dengan bangsa Soviet?
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