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.
Author Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Series Tetralogi Buru
Format Paperback, Indonesian
Page(s) 535
ISBN/ISBN13 9799731232/9789799731234
Published Date Jan 01, 2005
Publisher Lentera Dipantara
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Series Tetralogi Buru
Format Paperback, Indonesian
Page(s) 535
ISBN/ISBN13 9799731232/9789799731234
Published Date Jan 01, 2005
Publisher Lentera Dipantara
View on Goodreads | Google Books
Genre(s) Fiction / Literary Fiction, Historical
Audiences Adult
Writing Focus Creative Writing, Research-based, Educational, Political Literature
Recognition Adapted to Film, Banned Book, Canonical Work
WomenPoliticalIdentityActivismPostcolonial
Audiences Adult
Writing Focus Creative Writing, Research-based, Educational, Political Literature
Recognition Adapted to Film, Banned Book, Canonical Work
WomenPoliticalIdentityActivismPostcolonial
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