Hidup di Luar Tempurung

Genre: Memoar

Penulis: Benedict Anderson
Penerjemah: Ronny Agustinus
Tebal: 205 halaman
Tahun terbit: 2016
Penerbit: Marjin Kiri
Sinopsis:

Lahir di Tiongkok, Benedict Anderson menghabiskan masa kecilnya di California dan Irlandia, bersekolah di Inggris, sebelum akhirnya masuk ke Cornell University dan membawa kajian Indonesia dan Asia Tenggara mendunia.

Di buku ini, Anderson mengisahkan kehidupannya yang tak menutup diri dari dunia: latar belakang era,keluarga,dan pendidikan yang membuatnya terpapar pada asyiknya belajar bahasa dan pentingnya terjemahan; gagasan dan bacaan yang melandasi karya-karyanya yang berpengaruh panjang pada ilmu-ilmu sosial, politik,dan kebudayaan. Ia uraikan pula pengalaman riset lapangan di Indonesia, Siam, dan Filipina ,pengaruh Kiri Baru pada pemikiran global,serta perubahan-perubahan kontemporer yang membuat kaum akademis harus memikirkan perannya dewasa ini.

Just Kids

Genre: Memoir

Author: Patti Smith
Pages: 304 pages
Year of Publication: 2010
Publisher: Harper Collins
Synopsis:

In Just Kids, Patti Smith's first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to Just Kids as she has to the rest of her formidable body of work--from her influential 1975 album Horses to her visual art and poetry.

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My heart glows and is cleansed after reading the book. I admire the life and the ideals that Patti Smith led. Indeed, it is a very fascinating life. Let me tell you why. 

Just Kids is a homage that Smith wrote in honor of Robert Mapplethorpe. The two first met in Brooklyn, New York as some sort of vagabonds, both were in their early twenties and knew what they wanted to do in their lives: doing art. So, they spent the next years by devoting their lives to it. Nevertheless, entering the art scene while also having a financial strain during the seventies was not easy for them.