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This Earth of Mankind

by Pramoedya Anan Toer

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This Earth of Mankind, the first novel in Pramoedya Ananta Toer's series known as the Buru Quartet, tells of the adventures of Minke, a young Javanese student living equally amongst the Dutch colonists and the colonized Javanese of late nineteenth-century. It is through a beautiful woman named Annelies and her family that Minke finds the strength to embrace the world of Indonesia, a world brimming with beauty and possibility as well as brutality and anger.

Synopsis:

Minke is a young Javanese student of great intelligence and ambition. Living equally among the colonists and colonized of 19th-century Java, he battles against the confines of colonial strictures. It is his love for Annelies that enables him to find the strength to embrace his world.
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About the Author

Pramoedya Ananta Toer, born on the island of Java in 1925, was imprisoned first by the Dutch, then by the Indonesian government as a political prisoner. He received the PEN Freedom to Write Award and the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780140256352
Translator:
Lane, Max
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Translator:
Lane, Max
Author:
Toer, Pramoedya Ananta
Author:
Lane, Max
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Earth Sciences
Subject:
Young men
Subject:
Indonesia
Subject:
Indonesia History 1798-1942 Fiction.
Subject:
Young men -- Indonesia -- Fiction.
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Copyright:
c199
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Series:
Buru Quartet
Publication Date:
19960531
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
368
Dimensions:
7.75x5.07x.70 in. .55 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18
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Minke is a young Javanese student of great intelligence and ambition. Living equally among the colonists and colonized of 19th-century Java, he battles against the confines of colonial strictures. It is his love for Annelies that enables him to find the strength to embrace his world.
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