It is one of the books that blown my mind. It's very well written and would probably relate with a lot of people who are in their journey to find themselves. So many people are talking about it but I did not buy it until a few months ago where I read the preview on the first pages. Easy for me to see if I want to buy the book or not. When the first pages hook me right away, I don't need to think twice. This book is one of them. This contains spoiler of course. Nora, the main character, like many of us, fall into depression and decided to kill herself. But she's not dead right away. She went into a kind of limbo between life and death. In that library she met a librarian, this librarian is a kind of a guide. Our guide that probably tasked when we were born. The librarian shows her lives that she could have had if she wants to. She is so depressed and thinks that no life will makes her happy enough to live it. I can totally understand her state. I was there....
Adakah yang bereaksi "Ih dosa mengumpat!" ketika mendengar kata ini? Kata sumpah serapah ini beken di Jawa Timur. Mungkin bagi orang luar Jatim ada yang nggak tau atau bahkan nggak kenal kata ini. Kalaupun kata ini terdengar di luar Jatim, bisa dipastikan pembawanya adalah orang Jatim (atau orang yang pernah tinggal di Jatim dan terpengaruh oleh orang sekitarnya) terutama Surabaya, Malang, Pasuruan dan sekitarnya. Pertama kali kenal kata ini dan mengucapkan kata ini, waktu SMP. Karena waktu SD deket rumah, orangtua, guru-guru jadinya agak saru mengucapkannya. Waktu SMP, sekolah agak jauh dikit, kenal "berandalan" yang bawaannya cak cuk an akhirnya ikutlah ngomong cak cuk an. Tapi tetep dong nggak dibawa kerumah, karena pernah ketahuan dan ditabok aja mulut ini. Banyak versi asal mula kata Jancok ini. Ada yang versi Belanda, versi Jepang, Arab, Jawa sendiri, apapun versinya, masyarakat kala itu setuju bahwa kata ini sebagai kata umpatan yang universal. ...