The Mute's Soliloquy

by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Book Overview

From the author of the Buru Quartet and one of the greatest writers of our time comes a remarkable memoir of imprisonment and survival.

In 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786864168
• ISBN13: 9780786864164
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary