Pramoedya Ananta Toer adalah sebuah legenda di Indonesia. Ini tidak hanya dibangun oleh karya-karya sastra yang dihasilkannya namun juga melalui kisah hidupnya. Pada dirinya terekam jejak sejarah Indonesia dengan segala kepelikan dan kepedihan, harapan dan kekecewaan, serta semangat dan kegagalannya. Pram, begitu ia biasa disebut, datang dari zaman yang penuh harubiru revolusi. Ia begitu terpuk…
Minke is a young Javanese student of great intelligence, sensitivy 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. This remarkable tale, the first in the Buru Quartet. Was originally recited orally by Indonesia po…
"Decentralization is a major trend in Indonesia since the first decades of that nation under Sukarno and Suharto. Max Lane is justly treasured for illuminating those first decades, for example, through his translations of Pramoedya Ananta Toer, and his excellent book, Unfinished Nation: Indonesia Before and After Suharto. Anyone who seeks insights into the current trend of decentralization, whe…