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....
Karena sedang ada urusan dadakan ke Jakarta, maka sekalian gw putuskan untuk sambang ke opa buyut. Opa buyut adalah salah satu orang Belanda yang meninggal di Jepang ketika ditawan sebagai tawanan perang di Perang Dunia II. Menurut nama keluarga, ada kemungkinan beliau merupakan anak dari keluarga Jerman yang bergabung dengan Belanda sehingga secara otomatis tercatat sebagai warga negara Belanda, menikah dengan oma buyut yang mana masih juga keturunan Belanda. Mereka berdua mempunyai seorang anak lelaki yang dikirim ke Belanda pada tahun 1955 sehingga terpisah dari adiknya (nenek gw) yang masih kecil. Mami (nenek gw) masih sekitar umur setahun saat opa buyut ditawan. Beliau meninggal saat usia 37 tahun, masih relatif muda. Oma buyut meminta jenazahnya dikirim ke Indonesia tapi permintaan itu tidak disetujui. Akhirnya setelah beberapa saat, pihak-pihak yang berkaitan memulangkan jenazah para korban perang yang sudah dikremasi. Abu opa buyut disimpan di Ereveld Ment...