false 43980 26 This is, in short, a complete, unsettling, and frequently exhilarating vision of the world, starting with the voyage of Noah's ark and ending with a sneak preview of heaven! 2122451 book 1989 A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters total:1286|5:378|4:503|3:292|2:99|1:14| 1286 4990 1765 137 4 4 false false Tue Jul 07 12:18:51 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 08:44:29 -0700 2009
awalnya, saya makin tertarik baca buku ini setelah baca komentar lita kalau terjemahannya apik. jadi penasaran seperti apa yang terjemahannya apik. heheh. lalu menemukan kalimat seperti ini:

Kami akan menghilang secepat kami datang; bagi Anda kami seolah mimpi belaka bagi ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Mar 08 13:34:45 -0800 2007 Wed Aug 15 10:13:28 -0700 2007 Each chapter reads as a sperate story but connected by a religious theme in each, albeit a skewed and revisionist view of various religions.

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"Sejarah Dunia dalam 10 1/2 Bab", saya membayangkan sebuah kisah sejarah yang menyajikan fakta. Ternyata, sepertinya menyajikan fakta yang difiktifkan. Berkisah tentang spesies yang menyusup di bahtera Nuh. Dan, sepertinya s...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed May 09 13:41:29 -0700 2007 Wed May 09 13:41:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 18:42:19 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 19:09:19 -0700 2009 2
Noah in this telling is a little like the Mel Brooks Moses who was given fifteen . . . whoops . . . ten commandments. Here Noah loses most of his flotilla and a good part of the animal kingdom:
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I liked the first story about a stowaway on Noah's ark. And there was a lovely story about "The Shipwreck" a painting which my edition has a nice fold out of so you can look and see wh...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 23:19:58 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 16:48:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 05:16:46 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 04:07:11 -0700 2009 Arthur and George, and I read this book because it's supposed to be one of his early masterpieces. And it is compellingly readable, thought-provoking and clever. Barnes is a wonderful prose stylist, too. BUT (there had to be one) the book as a whole wears its "sma...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Dec 04 15:44:32 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 15:46:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Aug 23 10:30:31 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 09:18:07 -0700 2009
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Julian Barnes takes on a few key moments in Western history and presents an alternate version for our delight and entertainment.

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bab 5 singkat saja, brilian
bab 6 singkat saja, mabok lagee

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lagi-lagi hasil modal minjem :D
ngebut bacanya dalam rangka ngejar si durjanawan yang dah beres bab I katanya dan sekarang dah masuk bab II
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