Child of All Nations by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Author:Pramoedya Ananta Toer [Toer, Pramoedya Ananta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical, Romance
ISBN: 9781101615324
Google: Ka1_AAAAQBAJ
Barnesnoble:
Goodreads: 19287234
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1980-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

10

Stepping down onto the platform at Surabaya station, I asked Mama’s permission to go straight to Nijman’s office. In my bag were two manuscripts. One I thought was very good, the other perfect. Both contained eternal values, both were dedicated to eternity. I was most proud of the second article: A defense of all those suffering the same fate as Trunodongso. The world must be told how Java’s farmers are being thrown off their rice lands—the most fertile lands with the best irrigation—by the sugar factories, and with the aid of the Native civil servants in colonial employ and of the village officials. If Multatuli had been here in Surabaya, I would have come to him and said: Teacher, today I begin to follow where you have trod before.

Today I am important.

All who have fallen from on high, I began my story about Trunodongso, have been saved and then restored by the farmers: Kings, ministers, soldiers. And all the treading feet of men: They too have been borne on the backs of the farmers.…

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.