{"product_id":"indonesia-out-of-exile-how-pramoedyas-buru-quartet-killed-a-dictatorship-paperback","title":"Indonesia Out of Exile: How Pramoedya's Buru Quartet Killed a Dictatorship - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMax Lane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA nation is exiled from itself to prison; a nation is re-awakened through the storytelling of its origins; understand Indonesia through Pramoedya's books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1981, a new company, Hasta Mitra, founded by three men just released from over a decade in prison, published a novel written in a prison camp by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The novel was \u003cem\u003eThis Earth of Mankind\u003c\/em\u003e. It told the story of the early gestation of the Indonesian national awakening. The dictatorship eventually banned it after several months of tactical struggle by the three men, Pramoedya himself and the fighters of Hasta Mitra, Joeoef Isak and Hasyim Rachman. In defiance of the dictatorship, they went on to publish the three sequels to \u003cem\u003eThis Earth of Mankind\u003c\/em\u003e, each time followed by another battle and then a ban. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMax Lane has been engaged with Indonesia for over fifty years. In the 1970s, he translated W.S. Rendra's play \u003cem\u003eThe Struggle of the Naga Tribe\u003c\/em\u003e, which was performed in English in Australia and Malaysia. He spent time with Rendra's group, Bengkel Teater. In the 1980s, he worked in the Australian Embassy in Jakarta when he started translating Pramoedya Ananta Toer's\u003cem\u003e This Earth of Mankind\u003c\/em\u003e and its three sequels, together now known as the \u003cem\u003eBuru Quartet\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9.25 x 6.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756584272160,"sku":"9789814914178","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/85b8ccea189c9e3bd6a4367722301acc.webp?v=1780081420","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/indonesia-out-of-exile-how-pramoedyas-buru-quartet-killed-a-dictatorship-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}