{"product_id":"the-mutes-soliloquy-9780786864164","title":"The Mute's Soliloquy","description":"From 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. \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)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hyperion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786864164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.52h x 6.37w x 1.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/1999 pg. 524\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/1999 pg. 1508\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/16\/1999 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/22\/1999 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pramoedya Ananta Toer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403375800501,"sku":"9780786864164","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_390740a5-3370-4ec2-a74e-32db7280f1df.jpg?v=1774968980","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-mutes-soliloquy-9780786864164","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}