Classics & Literature (GR)

Nopporn, a Thai student studying in Japan, is tasked with hosting a distinguished old family friend and his new wife, the beautiful, aristocratic Kirati. Despite their difference in age and status, and the social constraints of the day, Nopporn and Kirati are inexorably drawn to each other. A stirring portrayal...

Malaysian Places and Spaces is the Seventh title in the Malaysian Literature in English series, edited by Malachi Edwin Vethamani and published by Maya Press. This anthology brings together poems from both Malaysian and international poets, offering diverse perspectives on the Malaysian landscape. It features responses from local poets, As...

书介：作为移民社会，移民的历史过程中，生活习俗也随之转迁，并融合在地元素，形成有别于原乡之发展。这种同中见其异，异中有大同的文化习俗，尤能展现台马社会文化及民俗在地化特色。本论文集汇整马来西亚及两岸三地学者的最新研究成果，透过比较视野发掘华人社会的多样性及文化交融的华美可贵。主编简介：陈琮渊，淡江大学历史学系助理教授兼东南亚史研究室主持人。曾任华侨大学国际关系学院/华侨华人研究院副教授兼印尼研究中心主任、参编《华侨华人文献学刊》《华侨华人蓝皮书》。目前担任洪叶文化“亚太与国际研究丛书”主编、巨流“发展研究丛书”执行编辑，Translocal Chinese: East Asian Perspectives（《海外华人研究》）执行编辑。研究领域是东（南）亚史与婆罗洲华人社会，学术文章数十篇、编著译书十多部。廖文辉，马来西亚人，祖籍福建安溪。国立台湾大学历史系毕，马来亚大学中文研究所硕士，中国厦门大学历史学博士。现为马来西亚新纪元大学学院东南亚学系、中文系教授、马来西亚历史研究中心主任、华侨大学华侨华人文献资料研究中心兼职研究员。研究领域为东南亚史和华侨华人。著有《马新史学研究的发展与嬗变（1800-1969）》（2022）、《马来西亚：多元共生的赤道国度》（2019）、《许云樵评传》（2014）、《马新史学80年——从南洋研究到华人研究（1930－2009）》（2011）、《华校教总及其人物（1951－2005）》（2006）、《华教历史与人物论集》（2006）等。

Carves a raw, searing and intimate space for the unseen and unheard voices. Timothy Joshua's third collection is a visceral and poignant exploration of the agonising struggle between passive listening and the profound desire to be truly heard. Add this moving and beautifully crafted collection to your library today. Experience...

With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, The Stranger—Camus's masterpiece—gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. With an Introduction by Peter Dunwoodie; translated by Matthew Ward.Behind the subterfuge, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd"...

A history of the Malay Peninsula and the islands of the ArchipelagoIn a collector’s edition, The Genealogy of Kings (Malay: Sulalat al-Salatin or Sejarah Melayu), is a literarywork that gives a traditional interpretation of the origin, evolution and demise of the great Malay maritime empire, the Malacca Sultanate. The work which...

Manuskrip dari tahun 1804 ini disalin untuk pengkaji kolonial John Leyden. Seperti kebanyakan teks sastera Melayu lama, nama penyair tidak dikenali. Ada tanda-tanda menunjukkan ia tidak dikarang oleh orang istana tetapi penduduk bandar kosmopolitan di alam Melayu.Seorang penggawa yang gagah tampan bernama Jaran Tamasa di istana Majapahit jatuh cinta pada...

Setelah 8 tahun diterbitkan, naskhah sulung Charissa Ong Ty, “Midnight Monologues”, kini diterjemahkan kepada Bahasa Malaysia oleh Jack Malik.Monolog Malam meneroka perihal patah hati, cinta berputik,serta cereka ajaib melalui sudut pandang baharu dan lensa budaya. Naskah ini sesuai untuk setiap peringkat umur. Ia berfungsi untuk membangkitkan idea dengan cara yang...

這本集子分成四輯，含家鄉、政治與疾病三個主題，以及一組譯詩。前三者雖與我切身相關，但我卻知之甚少，於是從情感、思考及求知出發，寫下這些含有憂患意識的認識過程與抒情痕跡。至於譯詩，是自習的樂趣和產物，包含我對詩的感受、理解乃至對話（以及誤讀），從隨興偶遇到自覺探尋，逐漸積累，似乎也形成某種有待發展的內在結構，連同幾篇譯後筆記結成一輯，或許可視為個人審美過程所留下的具體形式及文學意見。四個小輯，四個互相滲透的對象，四份親近的嘗試，卻又備感距離。這種距離感，或許正如《詩經》所形容的「道阻且長」及「宛在水中央」，又或許是作者心性和習慣使然，如此透過書寫參與世界。

Suatu masa dahulu, ada sebuah kota yang terletak tidak jauh dari laut. Kota ini dijaga oleh seorang jeneral bernama Li Jing. Isteri Jeneral Li telah hamil selama tiga tahun enam bulan, tetapi belum ada tanda-tanda dia akan melahirkan anak. Kata orang: "Tempoh kehamilan hanya berlangsung selama 10 bulan", maka semua...

Mek, mek, mek, di sini tinggalnya Sang Kambing Gurun. Auhm, auhm, auhm, di sana tinggalnya Si Belang. Sang Kambing Gurun berbulu putih. Bunyinya "mek... mek...". Si Belang berkulit kasar. Bungyinya "auhm... auhm...". Adakah mereka kawan atau lawan?

Kelangsungan peradaban Huaxia (konsep negara dan tamadun China) tidak dapat dipisahkan daripada warisan penulisan klasik. Terdapat sejumlah 12 bahan bacaan klasik dalam siri ini yang diatur bermula dari Tataterbit Anak Murid (Di Zi Gui) hinggalah Doktrin Kesederhanaan (Zhongyong). Kesemua teks klasik ini dipisah-pisahkan dan dimasukkan dalam bab-bab tersebut.Susunan sedemikian sesuai...

Poignantly told, this is a tale of love, of courage, but most of all of an indomitable spirit in the pursuit of a lofty dream. The protagonist is mother-wolf Violet Mountain Haze whose life long dream is to realise her late husband's unfinished vision to become King of the wolves...

This epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death, forms part of the indelible core of classical Chinese culture and continues to fascinate modern-day readers. In 220 EC, the 400-year-old rule of the mighty Han dynasty came to an end and three kingdoms contested...

"Think not that dreams appear to the dreamer only at night, the dream of this world of pain appears to us even by day." In this book, famed author Lafcadio Hearn presents 14 fascinating stories--including deathless ghosts and yokai, local folklore and haunted places, as well as Buddhist traditions. This...

Lovers of Haiku, Zen and Japan will find this novel truly inspiring! An extraordinary man at a crucial time and place. "In Mister Timeless Blyth, writer Alan Spence has created a fascinating (auto) biography, convincingly in R.H. Blyth's own voice. In it, he has conveyed the haiku scholar's love of music,...

An anthology of the greatest stories by modern Japanese masters (including previously overlooked women writers)! Fourteen distinct voices are assembled in this one-of-a-kind anthology tracing a nation's changing social landscapes. Internationally renowned writers like Yasunari Kawabata, Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Junichi Watanabe are joined by three notable women writers whose works...

"The greatest novel of physical love which China has produced." --Pearl S. Buck  A saga of ruthless ambition, murder, and lust, The Golden Lotus (Jin Ping Mei) has been called the fifth Great Classical Novel in Chinese literature, joining the Four Great Classics: Journey to the West, The Water Margin, Romance...

This epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death forms part of the indelible core of classical Chinese culture and continues to fascinate modern-day readers. In 220 EC, the 400-year-old rule of the mighty Han dynasty came to an end and three kingdoms contested...

This exciting new translation of the Chinese classic is designed to delight modern readers. The Three Kingdoms is an epic Chinese novel written over six centuries ago. It recounts in vivid historical detail the turbulent years at the close of the Han Dynasty when China broke into three competing kingdoms...