by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Translated by Max Lane
Format: Paperback, English
368 page(s)
ISBN/ISBN13: 0140256350/9780140256352
Published May 01, 1996 by Penguin Books
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Translated by Max Lane
Format: Paperback, English
368 page(s)
ISBN/ISBN13: 0140256350/9780140256352
Published May 01, 1996 by Penguin Books
View on Goodreads | Google Books
Buy Now from Amazon *
This Earth of Mankind (Buru Tetralogy #1)
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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Podcast Nathan Hollier in Pramoedya Ananta Toer and the Buru Quartet: ‘At least I’ve told these stories to you’ (Australian Book Review, Mar 09, 2024)
The novel has humbled me in a lot of ways.
— Eny Wulandari in This Earth of Mankind: The Post-Reading Emotion (Personal Blog, Dec 06, 2023)
— Eny Wulandari in This Earth of Mankind: The Post-Reading Emotion (Personal Blog, Dec 06, 2023)
This book might not be my favorite, but it struck me of how far the colonialism had shaped Indonesian character as a nation today.
— Fanda Classiclit in This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer (An Indonesian Clasic) (Personal Blog, Feb 11, 2019)
— Fanda Classiclit in This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer (An Indonesian Clasic) (Personal Blog, Feb 11, 2019)
PIcks in Reading Indonesia: 30 Books That Will Help You Understand the Southeast Asian Giant (Jakarta Globe, Sep 06, 2018)
A landmark novel where Indonesian writers reclaim their voice—"This Earth of Mankind" turns colonial memory into a story of awakening and resistance.
— Sense Hofstede in Indies Literature: Thoughts on ‘This Earth of Mankind’ by Pramoedya Ananta Toer (Personal Blog, Jul 22, 2018)
— Sense Hofstede in Indies Literature: Thoughts on ‘This Earth of Mankind’ by Pramoedya Ananta Toer (Personal Blog, Jul 22, 2018)
Behind Max Lane in Why you should read Indonesia’s “The Earth of Mankind” (Personal Blog, Feb 19, 2017)
