The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, and the World
By: Benedict Anderson
4.11
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
“‘Come, let us build a Third Kingdom, and in this Third Reich, hey, sisters, you will live happily;…
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1. Beauty Is a Wound
By: Eka Kurniawan , Annie Tucker
4.05
Format: 470 pages, Paperback
The epic novel Beauty Is a Wound combines history, satire, family tragedy, legend, humor, and roman… read more
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"You don't need to belong to one another in order to love one another."-Eka Kurniawan, Beauty Is a Wound
"If I might share my opinion, this world is hell, and our task is to create our own heaven."-Eka Kurniawan, Beauty Is a Wound
"Semua perempuan itu pelacur, sebab seorang istri baik-baik pun menjual kemaluannya demi mas kawin dan uang belanja, atau cinta jika itu ada."-Eka Kurniawan, Beauty Is a Wound
"It's not man's job to think about whether God exists or not, especially when you know that right in front of your eyes one person is stepping on another's neck."-Eka Kurniawan, Beauty Is a Wound
2. The Cultural Politics of Emotion
By: Sara Ahmed
4.34
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In The Cultural Politics of the Emotions, Sara Ahmed develops a new methodology for reading "the em… read more
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3. Invisible Man
By: Ralph Ellison
3.91
Format: 581 pages, Paperback
First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare… read more
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"When I discover who I am, I’ll be free."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
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By: Christina Sharpe
3.39
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
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5. Père Goriot
By: Honoré de Balzac
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Père Goriot is the tragic story of a father whose obsessive love for his two daughters leads to his… read more
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"Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
"آری ,در این دنیا هیچ چیزی کامل نیست, مگر بدبختی."-Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
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6. Child of All Nations (Buru Quartet, #2)
By: Pramoedya Ananta Toer , Max Lane
4.42
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
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"Kau tak kenal bangsamu sendiri."-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Child of All Nations (Buru Quartet, #2)
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By: James Baldwin
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
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By: James Baldwin
3.54
Format: None pages, Paperback
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3.54
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4.05
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"[T]he great, irreplaceable potentiality of fiction is that it makes possible the imagining of possibilities."-Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
"[C]apitalist trade and industry cannot thrive without access to military and political power. State interventions have always been critical to its advancement."-Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
"Where it concerns human beings, it is almost always true that the more anxiously we look for purity the more likely we are to come upon admixture and interbreeding."-Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
"As an instrument of empowerment oil has been spectacularly effective in removing the levers of power from the reach of the populace. "No matter how many people take to the streets in massive marches,…"-Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
11. Heart of Darkness
By: Joseph Conrad
3.99
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12. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
By: Timothy Snyder
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
An historian of fascism offers a guide for surviving and resisting America's turn towards authorita… read more
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13. Bumi Manusia
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4.42
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Roman Tetralogi Buru mengambil latar belakang dan cikal bakal nation Indonesia di awal abad ke-20. … read more
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"Eropa gila sama dengan Pribumi gila."-Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bumi Manusia
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3.94
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4.28
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3.00
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17. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
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4.03
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
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"Economies around the world have, increasingly, become vast engines for producing nonsense."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
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18. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
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3.87
Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition
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"Don’t let the bad elves get you."-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
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19. The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, and the World
By: Benedict Anderson
4.11
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
“‘Come, let us build a Third Kingdom, and in this Third Reich, hey, sisters, you will live happily;… read more
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