Buku pramoedya ananta toer bumi manusia

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    I am currently working to finish a book: Indonesia Returns from Exile: The Buru Quartet Story

    Pramoedya Ananta Toer is the author of four books known outside Indonesia as the “Buru Quartet”. They are This Earth of Mankind, Child of All Nations, Footsteps and House of Glass. These books were first published in Indonesian between 1981 and 1987 and In English starting in 1983. They have remained in print in English in Penguin Books since 1983 until today, as well as having been published in hardback in the United States by Hyperion Books as well as . You can read about them in reviews in the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Washington Post and many others. For my own take on why you should read these books, see here. For some at random readers’ comments, you can also click here.

    Within Indonesia, their conception and writing by Pramoedya Ananta Toer and their publication by his comrades-in-publication, Joesoef Isak and Hasyim Rachman is no normal story of publishing bo

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    Bumi Manusia

    January 21, 2010
    “ Cerita..selamanya tentang manusia, kehidupannya, bukan kematiannya. Ya biarpun yang ditampilkannya itu hewan, raksasa atau dewa ataupun hantu. Dan tak ada yang lebih sulit dipahami daripada sang manusia.. jangan anggap remeh si manusia, yang kelihatannya begitu sederhana; biarpun penglihatanmu setajam mata elang; pikiranmu setajam pisau cukur, perabaanmu lebih peka daripada dewa, pendengaranmu dapat menangkap musik dan ratap tangis kehidupan; pengetahuanmu tentang manusia takkan bakal bisa kemput”

    - Pramoedya Ananta Toer dalam Bumi Manusia –

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    Aku adalah manusia. Tentu yang tak sempurna. Karena kealpaan dan lupa överbyggnad bisa lepas dariku. Aku hanyalah manusia biasa. Aku bukanlah dewa dengan segala ke-Maha-annya. Sempurna adalah kata yang tidak untukku.

    Namaku Minke, setidaknya itulah sapaan orang-orang ketika memanggilku. Saking terlalu seringnya nama itu digunakan, hingga aku hampir lupa n

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    pr_bh's review against another edition

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    5.0

    Excellent engagement with themes of colonialism, native identity/resistance, gender, and class within the context of the tyrannical Dutch Indies. Minke's story is filled with the twists and turns and contradictions of thought that make a character truly human. Through his struggles and failures, Minke shows how colonial brainwashing can unravel when the colonized intellectual is faced with the unfairness of the reality they face.

    kitkatslibrary's review against another edition

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    emotionalinformativeinspiringreflectivesadmedium-paced

    • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
    • Strong character development? Yes
    • Loveable characters? Yes
    • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
    • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

    5.0

    debbydee's review

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    emotionalfunnyhopefulinspiringreflectivesadmedium-paced

    • Plot- or character-driven? Character
    • Strong character development? Yes
    • Loveabl
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