Saturday, December 15, 2007

Cerita Buku Hujung Minggu

Saya membeli 4 buah buku secondhand Junk Bookshop, Jalan Tun HS Lee, Kuala Lumpur pagi tadi.
  • A Walk Across America oleh Peter Jenkins
  • Spain oleh Jan Morris
  • Jim Thompson: The Legendary American of Thailand oleh William Warren
  • Berry's Book of Cunning Contraption oleh Roland Berry
Buku tulisan William Warren mengenai misteri kehilangan saudagar sutera Thailand itu sudah lama saya cari dan akhirnya ketemu di kedai buku tersebut. Tinggalsatu naskhah lagi di kedai itu dan ianya berhargaRM36.

Jan Morris, penulis dari England saya kenali melalui penulisannya mengenai Oxford dan Yorkshire di dalam naskhah-naskhah Reader's Digest.

Peter Jenkins pula banyak menulis tentang pengembaraan backpackingnya merentasi Amerika. Dia mengingatkan saya kepada Charles Kuralt yang banyak menulis tentang kehidupan seharian rakyat Amerika (sehingga kini saya masih mencari peluang untuk melihat Aurora borealis di Alaska seperti mana yang diceritakannya di dalam buku beliau).

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dr Bubbles, I am looking for the second book on you list for a loooonnng time...

Ader phone number ker kedai nih? Thanks

Anonymous said...

Sorrryyyy! the 3rd book on your list. Sheesh, i must be old

Iskandar Syah Ismail aka DR Bubbles said...

Elviza: smsed you the details.

jaflam said...

DB, I was at Jim Thompson Museum in Bangkok last week. Jim was a very special American that made it big in Thailand by taking Thai silk to international arena. He went missing at the age of 62 in Cameron Highland.... sad ending to his life. Bought a book on him by William Warren " Jim Thompson- The House on The Klong".

Iskandar Syah Ismail aka DR Bubbles said...

Pak Jafflam,

Wow!That's brilliant to have visited JT Museum in Bangkok. I have read William Warren's book. Left me a little bit disappointed as he's not go deeper into the msytery of JT disappearance.

any photos?