The Myth of Sisyphus | Penguin Great Ideas

The Myth of Sisyphus | Penguin Great IdeasThroughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Inspired by the myth of a

Masham wrote about knowledge and God

women are repeatedly reminded that their biological clock is ticking

a national odyssey with no direction home

she argues

and an ill-matched couple seal their fate with a pack of cards

Rather than collapsing under unrestricted greed

By the author of Ripples and Other Stories and the novel The Sum of Our Follies

In this essential volume

Shamsiah Fakeh adalah pemimpin pergerakan Kemerdekaan dari kalangan wanita Melayu yang berjuang dengan gigih hingga ke belantara Malaya

and Hannah Arendt uses it not to suggest that the routine repetitive horrors of our century form the substance of the dark

and human rights

joy and heartbreak that is sorely needed in Malaysian poetry