Buru tetralogy
The Buru tetralogy is a four-part series of novels by the Indonesian author Pramoedya Ananta Toer ("Pram" for short), which deals with the colonial days of Dutch India and the development of an anti-imperialist national liberation movement in what is now Indonesia .
The "Books of the island of Buru", which Pram devised as a prisoner (1965 to 1979) of the anti-communist Suharto dictatorship on the island of Buru ( Moluccas ), consist of the works "Bumi Manusia" (Garden of Humanity), "Anak Semua Bangsa" (Child of all peoples), "Jejak Langkah" (trace of the steps) and "Rumah Kaca" (house made of glass). Since he had no writing utensils available to him as a prisoner, Pram initially only told the stories orally to his fellow prisoners before he was able to write them down from 1976, also due to public pressure from Western intellectuals (including Günter Grass ). Pramoedya Ananta Toer's books were largely banned in Indonesia until the end of the Suharto dictatorship (1998).
effect
Ananta Toer has been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature several times for his works . They are considered to be "a key literary work on colonial history that is an indispensable treasure trove of world literature."
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Books of the island of Buru
- Volume 1: Garden of Mankind (Original title: Bumi Manusia , 1980). Translated from the Indonesian by Brigitte Schneebeli. Express-Edition, Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-88548-330-0
- Volume 2: Kind of all peoples (original title: Anak Semua Bangsa , 1980). Translated from the Indonesian by Brigitte Schneebeli. Afterword by Rüdiger Siebert. 2nd edition, Unionsverlag, Zurich [19] 98, ISBN 3-293-20047-8
- Volume 3: Trace of Steps (Original title: Jejak Langkah , 1985). From the Indonesian by Giok Hiang Gornik, Unionsverlag, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-293-20242-X
- Volume 4: House made of glass (original title Rumah Kaca , 1988). Translated from the Indonesian by Giok Hiang Gornik. Horlemann, Bad Honnef 2003, ISBN 3-89502-168-7
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beat Manzauer, Der Bund, Bern, 1985