The Books Of Jakob by Olga Tokarczuk

  It took me more than a month to read this book, not only because it is in French, but partly because I spent time to linger around its universe, and to devour every description of events, characters, and conversations. And I spent more time to check every character if they really existed. Most of…

Sukab dan Miley

Oleh: Asmayani Kusrini Malam itu, Sukab dikebiri. Entah di tahun berapa. Entah di bulan apa. Tapi samar-samar iya ingat sesuatu. Ia sedang istirahat di Taman Gethsemane di kaki Gunung Olives bersama Isa dan kawan-kawan lainnya ketika pasukan tentara yang dipimpin Letnan Kolonel Kurawa datang menyergap. Sukab sebetulnya bingung, bagaimana bisa ia sampai di Gethsemane? Selama…

Re-reading Alice

I always find something new everytime I re-read Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It is a wonderland, there are so many layers and layers of interpretations that anybody who read it can re-adjust depends on their cultural reference and their emotional state when they read that book.  The more you get older, the more…

The Island of Dr. Moreau

  The Island of Dr. Moreau is the kind of horrifying science-fiction that left you feel dizzy. It presents very actual problem: the never-ending curiosity of human that runs very far ahead. It is uncontrollably terrifying. We know from the history that the practice of vivisection had been done centuries ages ago for different reasons.…

Travellinckx : ou on voit du paysage Belge littéralement et figurativement

I am a big fan of Bouli Lanners’ works. He has particular way of telling stories and he has peculiar  point of view that makes his works intriguing to watch. Here is what I thought about one of his short movie, Travellinckx. From now on, it will be in French. À propos du mot Travellinckx,…