"This Earth of Mankind" by Pramoedya Ananda Toer

The first book in Toer's epic Buru Quartet, first published in 1980. The story is set at the end of the Dutch colonial rule in 19th century Java and was written while Pramoedya was imprisoned on the political island prison of Buru in eastern Indonesia.

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