The Mute's Soliloquy
Title | The Mute's Soliloquy PDF eBook |
Author | Pramoedya Ananta Toer |
Publisher | Hyperion |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 1999-04-28 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
An Indonesian novelist's autobiography written from prison. In a collection of essays and letters, smuggled during his 14-year sentence for human rights activity, he describes various stages of his life and how he lost his hearing from beatings by guards.
The Mute's Soliloquy
Title | The Mute's Soliloquy PDF eBook |
Author | Pramoedya Ananta Toer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Authors, Indonesian |
ISBN |
An Indonesian novelist's autobiography written from prison. In a collection of essays and letters, smuggled during his 14-year sentence for human rights activity, he describes various stages of his life and how he lost his hearing from beatings by guards.
All That Is Gone
Title | All That Is Gone PDF eBook |
Author | Pramoedya Ananta Toer |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2005-01-25 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0143034464 |
Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s transcendent novels have become part of the world literary canon, but it is his short fiction that originally made him famous. The first full-size collection of his short stories to appear in English, All That Is Gone draws from the author’s own experiences in Indonesia to depict characters trying to make sense of a war-torn culture haunted by colonialism, among them an eight-year-old girl soon to be married off by her parents for money and an idealistic young soldier who witnesses the savage beating of a man accused of being a spy. Though violence and brutality pervade these tales, there is present throughout a profound sense of compassion—an extraordinary combination of despair and hope that gives All That Is Gone rare power and beauty.
Conrad in the Twenty-First Century
Title | Conrad in the Twenty-First Century PDF eBook |
Author | Carola Kaplan |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 349 |
Release | 2005-01-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1135874670 |
This is a collection of original essays by leading Conrad scholars that rereads Conrad in light of his representations of post-colonialism, of empire, imperialism, and of modernism, questions that are once again relevant today.
The King, the Witch, and the Priest
Title | The King, the Witch, and the Priest PDF eBook |
Author | Pramoedya Ananta Toer |
Publisher | Equinox Publishing |
Pages | 129 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9799589835 |
"Centuries ago, there was, in the eastern part of the island of Java, a kingdom by the name of Daha..." So begins The King, the Witch and the Priest, a fable with contemporary allure that is based on the story of Calon Arang, a Javanese legend dating from the twelfth century. As tradition tells it, Calon Arang was a powerful witch from the village of Girah who had a beautiful daughter named Ratna Manggali who could find no husband. No man would have her for fear of her mother. Calon Arang became so angered by her daughter's plight that she spread pestilence throughout the kingdom. To deal with the problem, King Erlangga ordered his most respected priest, Empu Baradah, to get rid of Calon Arang. This proved to be no easy task as Calon Arang owned a book containing all the secrets of sorcery. This ancient tale, as retold by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, exhibits a remarkable relevance to contemporary life with timeless lessons such as the triumph of good over evil and the ever-possible eternal salvation of one's soul. Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925-2006) is Indonesia's most celebrated writer, with over thirty works of fiction translated into over thirty languages. A recipient of many major international awards, he was most recently awarded the Grand Prize in the 2000 Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize competition, Japan's highest literary honor. Willem Samuels is a long-time resident of Jakarta and has translated several of Pramoedya's works including The Fugitive, The Mute's Soliloquy, The Girl From the Coast and All That is Gone.
Tales from Djakarta
Title | Tales from Djakarta PDF eBook |
Author | Pramoedya Ananta Toer |
Publisher | Equinox Publishing |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Indonesian fiction |
ISBN | 9799589819 |
Tales from Djakarta is a collection of thirteen short stories written between 1948 and 1956 - a period of bitter transition from the revolutionary era to the beginnings of military rule in Indonesia. These stories not only give us a taste of Pramoedya's earlier writings, but also lead us on a tragic tour through mid-century Jakarta with her downtrodden residents as our guides.
The Fugitive
Title | The Fugitive PDF eBook |
Author | Pramoedya Ananta Toer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Beggars |
ISBN | 9780140296525 |
Translation originally published: New York: William Morrow, 1990.