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Kamis, 10 Desember 2015

TAK TERSANGKALKAN


TAK TERSANGKALKAN
Sebuah Perjalanan Penuh Perjuangan Melewati Kepedihan
Bryan C. Gallant
(14 x 21) cm; 186 hlm;  bookpaper; 2015
ISBN: 978-602-72623-3-1
Rp 40.000

Emosi pun pecah ketika lagi-lagi aku berhadapan dengan batu nisan yang menjadi pengingat akan rasa sakit dan rasa kehilangan kami. Pertanyaan-pertanyaan muncul seperti petir dan menyerang kembali diriku, masing-masing menusuk pikiranku dengan satu kata kecil, “mengapa?”
Petir berupa emosi-emosi mentah mengguncang aku dari keberadaan diriku yang terdalam.
Mengapa?
Di dalam tanah di bawah kami terbaring tubuh anak-anak kami, bagai aktor-aktor terbuang dalam drama yang kita sebut kehidupan; terlempar ke pintu keluar yang paling dekat tanpa bisa masuk lagi, tak peduli betapa keras dan lamanya kami berteriak karena hal itu!
Di tempat itu, suatu pemakaman tenang yang penuh dengan kenangan dari orang yang meninggal bagi ribuan orang yang tak dikenal termasuk aku dan istriku, aku sedang menyaksikan kehidupan! Beberapa inci di atas tempat kedua anak kami dimakamkan, kini ada empat kehidupan lagi yang sedang berjalan-jalan!
Di sebuah tempat kematian, kini ada kehidupan! Di tempat di mana kami hancur sebelumnya, Allah—serta kehidupan—telah memberi kami empat anak lagi untuk dikasihi, untuk dipeluk, dan untuk menikmati kehidupan lagi! Sungguh-sungguh luar biasa...
Aku mengalami kebangkitan di pemakaman itu. Betapa cocoknya!

Sebuah kisah nyata, perjalanan sepasang suami-istri penuh perjuangan melewati kepedihan karena kehilangan buah hati mereka. Anak-anak mereka, semuanya, dua-duanya sekaligus.
 

Minggu, 28 Juni 2015

Penerbitan khas mendatang: PESONA BANDOENG - Senjakala Hindia Belanda (Sebuah Sejarah)


THE THUNDER - Book Three


SEBUAH NOVEL BERBAHASA INGGRIS
The Cronicles of The Dragron Brethren:
THE THUNDER - Book Three
Narendra Stanislaus Martosudarmo
(13,5 x 23) cm; 168 hlm;  bookpaper; 2015
ISBN: 978-602-72623-1-7
Rp -

Terbitan Terbatas
 
The Chronicles of the Dragon Brethren is a series of novels that I am currently writing. The characters in the novels are all dragons, and I am basing nearly all of them on my friends and peers from the school that I am currently studying.  I am the main character in the story. Because every one of my peers and friends have been so helpful and friendly towards me, I want to dedicate these novels to them by naming and basing the characters after each of them, and making them all dragons in my novels. 

There are seven different species of dragons in the novels and each and every one of my friends is portrayed as a dragon that shares the same personalities and appearances as them in real life. For example, if some of my friends are social, fast, and agile, their dragon is the Skyscale, a dragon that is speedy and alert on land or in air, and can shoot streams of wind from its mouth, as well as creating large gusts of wind by flapping its wings. If some of my friends are strong, courageous, and athletic, their dragon is the Flamefang, a large dragon that is fierce in battle, able to breathe copious amount of fire, and has the nasty habit of setting itself on fire to deter its enemies. Because I have quite a different personality than my friends, my dragon is the Thundertalon, the rarest and the fastest of all the dragons that has razor-sharp wings, a deadly roar, and the capability of shooting streams of lightning from its mouth. 

Like all main protagonists in many fantasy novels, I needed to have a love interest to add some romantic moments in the story. Because I see every girl in my grade as my sisters, I needed to find somebody outside my school to be my love interest. I do have numerous friends, some who are girls and are not at my school, but there is one girl in particular who has been very kind, helpful, and understanding towards me over the past few months. She and I have many things in common and I thought she could be my best friend in the first novel of the series, and later on will become my love interest in the novels that follow as our friendship grows into something that is much more powerful.

The story of how we met happened around 3 years ago. I was joining a youth camp at a resort, in the mountains of Bogor. The weather was mildly cool and the temperature of the air was cold, but much colder in the night. I was out sitting on a bench near the swimming pool looking for ideas and inspiration to write a novel and so far, it was not much of a success. Just when I was starting to run out of ideas, a female voice greeted me from behind. I turned around and I saw her for the very first time. She was around my age, a little shorter than me, with long, gleaming black hair, dark brown eyes, and a friendly smile. We introduced ourselves and she told me that our parents and older sisters were friends, so I immediately thought the two of us could be friends too. Since then, we spent a lot of time together around the resort. One night, I told her that I was looking for inspiration to write a novel. She then said that my story should be something about forming friendships, fighting enemies, and finding love, so that hopefully the book could become a best seller one day. I said to her that I’ve got great friends at my school, and I’ve learnt to stand up against those who have bossed me around and that I was on a sole quest to find the right girl for me. She then replied that sometimes love can be found in one of our closest friends. 

Within minutes I was struck with dozens of inspirations. I decided to write a novel that would contain friendship, action, mystery, comedy, and romance. She then added that the novel could be a part of a much bigger story, and that inspired me to write a series of novels. I was also inspired at the thought of the characters being my friends as dragons because dragons have fascinated me ever since I was a small kid. Since that night, I thanked her and owed her one big time, and she said no problem. When the holidays were about to end, she and I said our farewells, and I promised that I would dedicate my novel to her. That was the origin of the creation of ‘The Chronicles of the Dragon Brethren.’


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THE ICONS OF JAKARTA


THE ICONS OF JAKARTA
Reny Feby
(21 x 28) cm; 163 hlm;  mate paper 150 gr, 2015
Hardcover pakai jaket
ISBN: 978-602-72623-0-0
Bilingual: Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Inggris

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