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Fire in the Building

Who would have thought that I  experienced fire in the building.  This is my first time living in an appartement. Of course I never chose appartement when living in Indonesia because it’s a real high risk when the earthquake happen. But here we are placed in an appartement. What got me relieved the first time that we are in the lowest floor so if something happen we will be quickly evacuated.  That’s what I thought.  Until it really happened.  We slept around midnight and abruptly woken up by the noise outside. I thought it was the drunk people just got back from night club or the restaurant next door was doing some deep cleaning. So loud that I had to wake up. My husband peeked outside and immediately said “fire brigade outside, you wait here!” I was just “am I dreaming or what?” I put on clothes, checked outside and saw a few of fire trucks. I checked the other side of the appartement and saw a few of police cars and ambulances.  “Oh no, something serious...

Book : Dilihat Dari Rumah Kaca


Setelah Bumi Manusia, Anak Semua Bangsa, Jejak Langkah, tetralogi terakhir dari Buru ini adalah Rumah Kaca. Berbeda dengan buku sebelumnya, Rumah Kaca ini mengambil seorang lain untuk membaca situasi yang dihadapi oleh Minke. Menelisik siapa saja tokoh tokoh yang diceritakan Minke di 3 buku sebelumnya. Apakah fakta ataukah hanya karangan belaka.

Buku ini auranya berbeda dari tiga buku sebelumnya. Karena di buku sebelumnya kita bisa mendalami sosok Minke dengan segala kegalauannya, disini kita memang memandang orang lain dari Rumah Kaca kita. Dari kacamata dengan data yang ada untuk digali lebih dalam. Kata salah satu kolega, ini closure dari ketiga buku sebelumnya.

Minke memang luar biasa, di masa segitu, Minke berani bersuara dengan tulisan termasuk hal yang sangat berani. Tantangannya dibredel atau yaaa minimal diasingkan lah, paling parahnya dihilangkan. Karena ketakutan akan mempengaruhi kekuasaan kolonial.

Tidak banyak yang bisa kutulis tentang buku keempat ini. Karena semua cerita sudah tercakup di tiga buku sebelumnya. Yang jelas di buku ini pembaca diajak untuk refleksi tentang apa yang dialami Minke di tiga buku sebelumnya. Sosok Minke yang bisa dibilang kontroversial dimasanya. Seperti kata mertua gw :
Menjadi berbeda di Indonesia itu sulit, kamu harus kuat Pris. 
Terima kasih Minke, Terima kasih Pramoedya. Masterpiece ini harus dibaca semua orang. Kita beruntung pernah memiliki kalian 💗

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  1. Bagus kan mbak? Semua bukunya Pramoedya bagus-bagus tau. Makanya saya ngoleksi buku-bukunya.

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    1. Oh anda mengoleksinya? Ga berminat disumbangkan kepadaku yg unyuk ini? Pahala lho 😋

      Tapi seriusan deh, Pram, bruntung kita pnya Pram. Ya walopun pd akhirnya dia dikecewakan sih

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    2. yauda pokoknya kutunggu bukunya dikirim ke malang ya mas e :D

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