Footsteps
by Toer, Pramoedya Anat
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0140126937
- ISBN 13
- 9780140126938
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Penguin, London, 1990. Reprint. Softcover. Fair Condition. A series of four books which chronicle the birth of modern Indonesia through the story of Minke, an aspiring Javanese writer. In the first two books, Minke begins his education into the ways of the Europeon colonialists but tragedy strikes and he loses his first love. By the third book, "Footsteps", Minke is beginning to find his feet as a political organizer and the stirrings of Indonesian Nationalism are being felt. The books are set in the last decade of the 19th and the first decade of the 20th century, and give a historical picture of the varied culture of the Dutch East Indies, as well as a deep understanding of a people's painful emergence from colonial domination. The two previous books are "This Earth of Mankind" and "Child of All Nations" According to the back panel the author has been banned by the Indonesian government. Small moisture mark at the bottom of the 1st 10 or so pages, title page starting to come loose, aged toning of the page edges, and a possible burn mark on the bottom edge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 396 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Contemporary; Indonesia; ISBN: 0140126937. ISBN/EAN: 9780140126938. Inventory No: 0265126. . 9780140126938
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0265126
- Title
- Footsteps
- Author
- Toer, Pramoedya Anat
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140126937
- ISBN 13
- 9780140126938
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Indonesian fiction, Dewey: 899.22132 Literature & Literary; Contemporary; Indonesia; Unbranded ISBN: 0140126937 EAN: 9780140126938 Toer, Pramoedya Anat Footsteps
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