In this article: Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Written by Max Lane, and was originally published in Jakarta Post
May 20, 2006
Written by Max Lane, and was originally published in Jakarta Post
May 20, 2006
It was an amazing experience to translate the works of Pramoedya Ananta Toer, to have had to think deeply about what he wrote, to discuss with him the situation in Indonesia. I translated This Earth of Mankind, Child of All Nations, Footsteps and House of Glass in the 1980s. Recently I have just finished translating his The Chinese in Indonesia and Arok Dedes, both of which will be published this year. I am in the process of completing my own book, People Power, the Fall of Suharto and Indonesian History which is partly inspired by his analysis of Indonesian history.
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