This Earth of Mankind

Author  Pramoedya Ananta Toer Afterword by  Max Lane Translated by  Max Lane
Buru Quartet
This Earth of Mankind

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.