Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 4.37 | 5833 Users | 466 Reviews
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| Title | : | Child of All Nations (Tetralogi Buru #2) |
| Author | : | Pramoedya Ananta Toer |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 1996 by Penguin Books (first published 1975) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Asian Literature. Indonesian Literature. Novels. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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In Child of All Nations, the reader is immediately swept up by a story that is profoundly feminist, devastatingly anticolonialist—and full of heartbreak, suspense, love, and fury. Pramoedya immerses the reader in a world that is astonishing in its vividness: the cultural whirlpool that was the Dutch East Indies of the 1890s. A story of awakening, it follows Minke, the main character of This Earth of Mankind, as he struggles to overcome the injustice all around him. Pramoedya’s full literary genius is evident in the brilliant characters that populate this world: Minke’s fragile Mixed-Race wife; a young Chinese revolutionary; an embattled Javanese peasant and his impoverished family; the French painter Jean Marais, to name just a few.Itemize Books In Favor Of Child of All Nations (Tetralogi Buru #2)
| Original Title: | Anak Semua Bangsa |
| ISBN: | 0140256334 (ISBN13: 9780140256338) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Tetralogi Buru #2 |
| Characters: | Minke, Nyai Ontosoroh, Khouw Ah Soe |
| Setting: | Indonesia |
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The adventure of Minke continues (along with the building of Hindia Nation) in this book, the second part of Buru Tetralogy. Pramoedya beautifully capture what might have happened in the beginning of 20th-Century Hindia from a perspective of both aristocracies and proletariats. The rise of Japan and the revolution in Philippine impacted the stagnancy of Asias position in world league, kind of tickled colonialism a bit, a threat.Living a post-Annelies life, Minke faced a dilemma of claimingThe second volume is more meditational and reflexive...There is no much action (compared to the first volume) but there is more internal struggle, self-reflection and questioning. The now fully established journalist Minke has to solve various dilemmas: should he write only in the language of the colonizer (Dutch) or also in Malay and Javanese (for his people)? Should he side with the oppressors and their interests or should he side with the oppressed (peasants, women etc)? Should he accept
This second volume of the Buru Quartet picks up from the first volume (This Earth of Mankind) with the early stirrings of anti-Dutch nationalism in the Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia) in the early 20th century. It continues the story of Minke, a talented young native with a rare Dutch education whose awakening to the oppression, injustices, and racism of the colonial system accelerates through family tragedy and his experiences as a young journalist. Interesting characters, plot twists,
This is the second book in the quartet of novels known to some as the Buru Tetralogy. Minke, a Native, while in the process of recovering from the loss he experienced before tries to understand more about his identity and an identity as part of a nation.Minke, though educated at the prestigious Dutch HBS secondary school, must accept the fact that he really doesnt know his own nation. He gradually realizes that the Dutch occupation did not intend to civilize the Indies, but to brutalize it and
Child of all Nations (Anak Semua Bangsa) is the second in the Pramoedya Ananta Toers Buru Quartet, so called because it was conceived on the island of Buru where he was imprisoned without trial in 1965 when the military dictatorship of President Suharto cracked down on anyone suspected of communist sympathies. Access to books and writing materials were prohibited in the prison, but Pramoedya narrated his novels to his fellow-prisoners, and was finally able to write them down in 1975. Child of
this is the second book of the quartet and i really wish i didn't wait so long after reading the first before reading this one. i read the first book almost a year ago or more and i couldn't remember some events which were kind of important. they weren't essential to the plot of the second but they were mentioned and i was dissapointed i couldn't recall them. i think i would've liked it even more had i been able to remember much of the first book. other than that though i really enjoyed this
Inspite of the definitely political bent of this book Toer has managed to keep the plot flowing and consistent. The writing is impeccable, clear and descriptive. This is the 2nd of the Buru Quartet (tetralogy) written when the author was imprisoned by the Dutch for 13 years for his role in the Indonesian revolution. Very interesting charactersAmazon: In Child of All Nations, the reader is immediately swept up by a story that is profoundly feminist, devastatingly anticolonialistand full of
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