This Earth of Mankind

In the lush landscapes of 19th-century Java, a young Javanese student finds himself caught between two worlds—the oppressors and the oppressed. Minke is a young Javanese student of great intelligence and ambition. Living equally among the colonists and colonized of 19th-century Java, he battles...

Pramoedya Ananta Toer, born on the island of Java in 1925, was imprisoned first by the Dutch, then by the Indonesian government as a political prisoner. He received the PEN Freedom to Write Award and the Ramon Magsaysay Award.