{"product_id":"the-mutes-soliloquy-hardcover","title":"The Mute's Soliloquy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePramoedya Ananta Toer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the \u003ci\u003eBuru Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the greatest writers of our time comes a remarkable memoir of imprisonment and survival. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1965, Pramoedya Ananta Toer was detained by Indonesian authorities and eventually exiled to the penal island of Buru. Without a formal accusation or trial, the onetime national hero was imprisoned on Buru for eleven years. He survived under brutal conditions, somehow managing to produce his masterwork, the four novels of the \u003ci\u003eBuru Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the remarkable journal entries, essays, and letters that comprise this moving memoir. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReminiscent of the work of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, \u003ci\u003eThe Mute's Soliloquy\u003c\/i\u003e is a harrowing portrait of a penal colony and a heartbreaking remembrance of life before it. With a resonance far beyond its particular time and place, it is Pramoedya's crowning achievement--a passionate tribute to the freedom of the mind and a celebration of the human spirit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A haunting record of a great writer's attempt to keep his imagination and his humanity alive.\"-- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A story too vast and serious to ignore.\"-- \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e (front page review)\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1965, Pramoedya Ananta Toer was a hero of the Indonesian revolution and widely regarded as one of the best writers the country had ever produced. That year, however, as Indonesia embarked on a period of intense social unrest, Pramoedya and tens of thousands of others were detained and eventually exiled to the remote island of Buru. Imprisoned on Buru for eleven years without trial or formal accusation, Pramoedya and his fellow prisoners were forced to clear dense tracts of jungle, build camps, and forage for food. They died by the hundreds of starvation, brutality, and disease. Whether he is narrating the story of a fellow prisoner, remembering the dead and the missing, discussing what is means to be a citizen, or giving advise to his children in letters he knew they would never receive, Pramoedya's courage, integrity, and commitment to social justice are in powerful evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePramoedya Ananta Toer\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of more than thirty books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Fugitive\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Mute's Soliloquy\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Girl from the Coast\u003c\/em\u003e, and is published in more than thirty countries. He has been called \"Indonesia's Albert Camus\" (\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e). The \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e compared him to James Baldwin and Dashiell Hammett. And he is listed in the updated edition of the classic \u003cem\u003eLifetime Reading Plan\u003c\/em\u003e among the likes of Bertolt Brecht, Graham Greene, and John Steinbeck as one of 100 authors everyone should read. He has been profiled in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and other major publications around the world. He is the recipient of numerous international literary awards (such as France's Chevalier award and the highest award in Asian letters, the Magsaysay award) and freedom-of-speech awards (such as the PEN Freedom-to-Write award and the Hellman-Hammett award). He lives outside Jakarta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.52 x 9.52 x 6.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 27, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48176738599160,"sku":"9780786864164","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/NHc3KzdoNit1NTRMN250dTlJVWNZdz09.webp?v=1775051237","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/the-mutes-soliloquy-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}