House of Glass, 9780140256796
Paperback
Imprisoned writer fights for justice in colonial Indonesia’s awakening.

House of Glass

  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 1970

Summary

House of Glass: A Nation’s Awakening

HOUSE OF GLASS is the final volume of Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s acclaimed BURU quartet, which chronicles the turbulent history of early twentieth-century, Dutch colonial Indonesia through the eyes of Minke, a Dutch-educated Javanese writer. By now, Minke has risen to become a leading dissident and is in prison. He struggles from his ‘house of glass’ to stir both in his own countrymen and its invaders a sense of justice and of a society awakened.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140256796
ISBN-10:0140256792
Series:Buru Quartet
Author:Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Publisher:Penguin Books
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:1 January 1970
Weight:304g
Dimensions:21mm x 128mm x 199mm
About The Author

Pramoedya Ananta Toer

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.

Mark Hanusz is the founder and manager of Equinox Publishing, Pramoedya’s Indonesian publisher.

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