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....
Yangon cityhall Yangon bisa dibilang kota yang nggak terlalu bersih. Masih kebayang gimana rusuhnya. Tapi seninya jalan itu dimana saat kita bisa menemukan sisi cantik dari sisi terjelek sekalipun. Betul ndak? makanan ala warteg yang baunya hemmm semilir enak tapi nggak berani makan warteg tipe begini biasanya tipe all you can eat 1000 kyat (10 ribu aja) Memang nggak beda jauh dari bagian kumuh kebanyakan di kota besar. Sama. Lebih panas pula. Nah yang bikin terkejutnya, tata kotanya simetris. Dan di sepanjang tata kota yang simetris ini, bangunan-bangunan peninggalan Inggris sangat rapi berjejer. Kalau di Indonesia tipe bangunannya ala Belanda kalau di Yangon ala British, karena ya wajar juga sih mereka pernah dibawah jajahan Inggris. Tata kota yang simetris seperti ini buatku cantik, tapi seperti labirin. Dengan payahnya kemampuan navigasi seorang wanita ini meskipun sudah pakai peta offline dan online, tetap saja tak bisa ku temukan arah ...