What is Buru Quartet?
{{italic title}} The '''''Buru Quartet''''' is a series of four books written by Indonesian author [[Pramoedya Ananta Toer]]. The novels are: * ''[[This Earth of Mankind]]'' * ''[[Child of All Nations]]'' * ''[[Footsteps (novel)|Footsteps]]'' * ''[[House of Glass]]''. The books were published between 1980 and 1988. Indonesian dictator [[Suharto]] banned the books. The next president [[B.J. Habibie]] also banned them. In 2000, the Indonesian government stopped banning the books so people in [[Indonesia]] could read them legally.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vaswani|first1=Karishma|title=Indonesia Suharto-era book banning law lifted|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-11539342|access-date=2 May 2017|publisher=BBC News|date=14 October 2010}}</ref> ==Story== The novels tell the story of the Indonesian National Awakening Movement between 1898 and 1918. The main character is Minke. He is born in 1900, the son of a [[regent]]. Minke is educated by the Dutch. He is based on an early Indonesian journalist named [[Raden Tirto Adhi Soerjo]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://archive.today/20130117050030/http://www.asianreviewofbooks.com/arb/article.php?article=217 ''Buru Quartet'' review] by the Asian Review of Books [[Category:Indonesian culture]] [[Category:Novels]]