Yogyakarta, 1850. Isah adalah putri pembatik di lingkungan keraton, anak luar nikah seorang bupati yang tidak pernah mengakui ibu Isah sebagai selir resmi. Akibatnya, Isah menempati posisi sosial yang serba salah: dia berbeda dari orang awam di luar lingkungan keraton, tetapi dia juga mendapati diri berada di lapisan bawah dari hierarki ketat dunia keraton. Dengan akal dan tekadnya yang kuat, Isah berusaha merebut takdirnya sendiri dengan kabur dan menjadi nyai seorang perwira Belanda. Namun realitas dunia kolonial ternyata juga tak seperti yang diangankan oleh impian naif masa mudanya. Novel sejarah yang memukau tentang pencarian posisi, hasrat, dan identitas di Hindia Belanda akhir abad ke-19.

A practical joke goes chillingly, murderously wrong in Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie’s classic detective story, The Seven Dials Mystery. Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper, so the other houseguests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6:30 a.m. But when morning arrived, one clock was missing and the prank then backfired, with tragic consequences. For Jimmy Thesiger in particular, the words "Seven Dials" were to take on a new and chilling significance...

Marni, perempuan Jawa buta huruf yang masih memuja leluhur. Melalui sesajen dia menemukan dewa-dewanya, memanjatkan harapannya. Tak pernah dia mengenal Tuhan yang datang dari negeri nun jauh di sana. Dengan caranya sendiri dia mempertahankan hidup. Menukar keringat dengan sepeser demi sepeser uang. Adakah yang salah selama dia tidak mencuri, menipu, atau membunuh? Rahayu, anak Marni. Generasi baru yang dibentuk oleh sekolah dan berbagai kemudahan hidup. Pemeluk agama Tuhan yang taat. Penjunjung akal sehat. Berdiri tegak melawan leluhur, sekalipun ibu kandungnya sendiri. Adakah yang salah jika mereka berbeda? Marni dan Rahayu, dua orang yang terikat darah namun menjadi orang asing bagi satu sama lain selama bertahun-tahun. Bagi Marni, Rahayu adalah manusia tak punya jiwa. Bagi Rahayu, Marni adalah pendosa. Keduanya hidup dalam pemikiran masing-masing tanpa pernah ada titik temu. Lalu bunyi sepatu-sepatu tinggi itu, yang senantiasa mengganggu dan merusak jiwa. Mereka menjadi penguasa masa, yang memainkan kuasa sesuai keinginan. Mengubah warna langit dan sawah menjadi merah, mengubah darah menjadi kuning. Senapan teracung di mana-mana. Marni dan Rahayu, dua generasi yang tak pernah bisa mengerti, akhirnya menyadari ada satu titik singgung dalam hidup mereka. Keduanya sama-sama menjadi korban orang-orang yang punya kuasa, sama-sama melawan senjata.

Hailed as a bold foray into new literary territory, Kawakami’s novel is told in the voice of a 14-year-old student who subjected to relentless torment for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, the boy chooses to suffer in complete resignation. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her tormentors. These raw and realistic portrayals of bullying are counterbalanced by textured exposition of the philosophical and religious debates concerning violence to which the weak are subjected. Kawakami's simple yet profound new work stands as a dazzling testament to her literary talent. There can be little doubt that it has cemented her reputation as one of the most important young authors working to expand the boundaries of contemporary Japanese literature.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN-13: ‎978-0141439471 / ISBN-10: 0141439475 'Now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart ...' Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen, living with her lover Percy Shelley near Byron's villa on Lake Geneva. It would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. Based on the third edition of 1831, this volume contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story, as well as her 1831 introduction and Percy Bysshe Shelley's preface to the first edition. This revised edition includes as appendices a select collation of the texts of 1818 and 1831 together with 'A Fragment' by Lord Byron and Dr John Polidori's 'The Vampyre: A Tale'.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN-13: ‎978-0141439471 / ISBN-10: 0141439475 'Now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart ...' Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life with electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear. Mary Shelley's chilling Gothic tale was conceived when she was only eighteen, living with her lover Percy Shelley near Byron's villa on Lake Geneva. It would become the world's most famous work of horror fiction, and remains a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. Based on the third edition of 1831, this volume contains all the revisions Mary Shelley made to her story, as well as her 1831 introduction and Percy Bysshe Shelley's preface to the first edition. This revised edition includes as appendices a select collation of the texts of 1818 and 1831 together with 'A Fragment' by Lord Byron and Dr John Polidori's 'The Vampyre: A Tale'.