About this title: 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.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140256352ISBN:0140256350
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1996-05-01
ISBN-13:9780140256352ISBN:0140256350
Description: Very Good. Softcover, Very Good Condition. Spine and covers uncreased, no markings to text, light edge and shelf wear. NOT X library book. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780688093730ISBN:0688093736
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. DJ Corners Bumped, Sticker Removed Front DJ Corner, Closed Tear On Bottem Edge Back DJ, Nameplate On First Page, Text Is Unmarked, Good Copy. read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 1996-05-01
ISBN-13:9780140256352ISBN:0140256350
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780140256352ISBN:0140256350
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books (P)
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780380719747ISBN:0380719746
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780688093730ISBN:0688093736
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"This book was strikingly similar to the Power of One. The boy has no family name, is living in Indonesia (Java) under Dutch colonialism, like Peekay in Africa under the British empire at the end of the 1800's. He is one of the only natives that has been schooled in a European school and learns to speak for his people using this education. He does, in fact, become a "child of all nations," the title of the next book in the series which I have just begun. I am really fascinated by this series and am so excited to have randomly found it. The tetralogy was banned in Indonesia and the author was in prison for a very long time, and told these stories aloud for years until he was released and could write them all."
"Novel yang sangat luar biasa. Pram sangat menguasai konteks kehidupan kolonial pada masa itu. Membaca karya ini, imajinasi kita akan penjajahan kolonial menjadi semakin gemas. Kolonialisme tidak hanya pada sesuatu yang bersifat fisik (tubuh dan besi), tetapi juga hak kewaiban dan idealisme.
Minke, yang digambarkan sebagai seorang Jawa yang terpelajar, siswa HBS, tidak mampu membela haknya di depan pengadilan Belanda. Mertuanya, Nyai Ontosoroh adalah seorang yang berkepribadian kuat. Ia tidak mau terikat pada streotip orang-orang tentang ke-nyai-annya. Di tangannya, putrinya Annelies Mellema menjadi wanita pengusaha yang tangguh.
Buku ini sangat bagus dibaca. Satu-satunya karya sastra Indonesia yang diterjemahkan ke dalam 30 bahasa di dunia."
"Terus terang, saya menyesal baru membacanya sekarang. Buku yang berkesan walaupun sedikit membosankan saat di awal cerita karena plot yang terlalu lambat. Sampai akhir buku pun, plot cerita masih lambat. Mungkin memang untuk memperlihatkan detail yang semakin ke dalam semakin mempesona.
Mungkin memang Pram layak dinominasikan mendapat nobel dengan karyanya ini. Sangat berisi dan berani. Pram bisa dengan leluasa menggerakkan ide, bahkan merunutkannya dalam surat-surat yang padat. Pram bukan hanya berbicara tentang Indonesia, tetapi juga dunia.
Minke dan Nyai Ontosoroh begitu terlihat gemilang meski akhirnya harus kalah. Pram juga menyitir betapa manusia dengan segala aspeknya tak akan mampu dipapatkan dalam sebuah penafsiran. Perginya Annelis atas sebuah putusan pengadilan di akhir cerita membuat pembacanya gelisah. Ya, gelisah untuk mencari ujung cerita yang mempesona. Bukan sekadar dalam pulasan sastra, Pram membungkusnya menjadi sebuah pemikiran yang menarik untuk disimak.
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