![]() ![]() It is dense and provides a detailed impression of life in the early 20th century in East java. ![]() The half Indonesian daughter of a Dutch colonial is not allowed to marry her Indonesian boyfriend because she is "Dutch" and is taken against her will to Holland. Every day he added to the story as he told it to his fellow prisoners. Over 500 pages long, originally in several volumes, Pramoedya composed it orally first because he was not allowed pen or paper whie he was held in prison without charge for years for being a communist sympathiser under the Soeharto regime. The half A tragic tale that explains the Indonesian experience of Dutch colonial occupation and the rise of the Independence movement that culminated in the establishement fo the Republic. A tragic tale that explains the Indonesian experience of Dutch colonial occupation and the rise of the Independence movement that culminated in the establishement fo the Republic.
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