Thursday, December 20, 2012
Book Title: Habibie & Ainun
Publisher: THC PT Mandiri
Author: Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie
Category: Biography
Thickness: xii + 323 Pages
Habibie & Ainun is the latest work from the former president of the Republic of Indonesia-3, Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie. This book contains stories and deepest expression of love for the professor to his late wife that Hj. Hasri Ainun Habibie bint R. Mohamad Bestari who died on May 23, 2010. In his introduction, Habibie admitted if writing this book to be therapeutic for him to cure homesickness, feeling the sudden loss of someone who has been to accompany and be in his life for 48 years and 10 days, in both pain and happy to share. Even though he was sincere but he can not fool himself that he still left devastated after his beloved wife. Even thought between him and Ainun are two bodies but one soul.
The book itself recently launched on the 30th of November 2010 in Jakarta. Telling the stories of love and attraction between Mr. Ibu Ainun Habibie. Starting from the initial encounter them everything, everyday household in the ship sailed to the heartbreaking scene when the Divine order to separate the two. In addition, the reader will also find a few strands of prayer and love poems ever written both. Habibie's not an exaggeration to say when he wrote this book every page filled with tears. According presence Ainun had accompanied him so far, has been the fire that always burns energy spirit and soul in life. Simultaneously like water is always flush and relieve turmoil to calm down his soul.
Since the empress died at the hospital Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich, Germany, still feel if Ainun Habibie remained by her side. Every time he came out of his office, he suddenly felt like they were on a time and space to another. A dimension where Ainun not split into nature Barzah. His wife's face as embedded in every corner of his eye, is present wherever Habibie. Therefore, according to the presence of this book has covered the emptiness of his soul from day to day, month to month following the time of the trip.
This book consists of 37 chapters. Each chapter contains lessons about life from the professor. The simple style of the story, making the reader want to continue to see each other what behavior patterns Ainun Habibie and behind the scenes the national stage. So that the reader will find a different reading. Just like a novel, Habibie able to present a unique and captivating storyline that so closely in the eyes of his readers. As people struggle Habibie when expressing his love for Ainun, the story behind the establishment of the Association of Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals (ICMI), behind the scenes, sightings and made aircraft first flew N250 Gatotkoco the nation, until the departure of the grief of his beloved wife and the loss of various other stories if missed.
Hopefully the presence of this book may be a reflection or a lesson and an inspiration to us all. And able to meet the thirst for Indonesian citizens who want to know the historical facts of the life of the professor, to be able to be recorded in the history of this nation.

