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The '''''Buru Quartet''''' (Indonesian: ''Tetralogi Buru'') are a four-part epic by Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Originally [[Couldn't Find a Pen|dictated to his fellow prisoners]] during his term in the political prison island of Buru, Toer laboured to ensure its survival and eventually managed to have the publishing house Bintang Timur put forth the first book, ''[[This Earth of Mankind]]'' (Indonesian: ''Bumi Manusia'') in 1980, only to have the ruling New Order [[Culture Police|ban it from circulation]] shortly afterwards for "[[Red Scare|Marxist-Leninist subversion]]". Subsequent books, ''[[Child of
The story itself begins in colonial East Java, as the nineteenth century draws to an end. Minke, the main character, is a teenage son of a wealthy Javanese aristocracy and a successful HBS student, a rare feat among natives. Minke grows up in awe of [[White
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* [[Asian Baby Mama]]: To some extent. Throughout ''This Earth of Mankind'', Minke's neighbour, French ex-soldier Jean Marais works on a painting of a Dutch colonial soldier standing over a helpless Acehnese moment with bayonet fixed. {{spoiler|The painting, in fact, is of himself and the mother of his Indo daughter May, who supposedly asked him to kill her to [[Defiled Forever|preserve her purity]] and was later killed by her own brother for their affair.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Brother-Sister Incest]]}}: Well, [[Rape
* [[Category Traitor]]: Minke's family, especially [[Momma's Boy|his mother]], repeatedly chastise him for being indifferent toward Javanese traditions and insisting on writing in Dutch instead of Javanese. His Dutch Literature teacher Magda Peters, meanwhile, is mocked for her liberal beliefs regarding the natives of Dutch East Indies and eventually {{spoiler|pressured by the colonial government to leave.}}
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Minke's name originated from a Dutch teacher's [[Last
* [[The Gay Nineties]]/[[The Edwardian Era]]
* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff]]: Concerns regarding the state of literacy in Indonesia are apparently not entirely unfounded.
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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]
* [[Most Writers Are Writers]]: Pramoedya Ananta Toer's own sentiments regarding the state of literary appreciation in Indonesia is blatantly obvious throughout, as evidenced by Minke's inexplicable intention to work as a writer instead of a government official.
* [[Only Known
* [[Race Fetish]]
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: Herman Mellema started out as a caring master and patient teacher to his [[Values Dissonance|teenage mistress]] Sanikem, gaining her respect over her own power-hungry parents, only to {{spoiler|descend into the slope soon after his legitimate Dutch son, a renowned engineer, [[Calling the Old Man Out|confronts him]] for running off and starting a new life with a native woman. By the events of ''This Earth of Mankind'', he has grown [[Angry White Man|rather]] [[Alcoholic Parent|distant]].}}
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: Minke's Indo landlord Telinga and Jean Marais fought together for the colonial government in Aceh prior to the events of the story.
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