The ''Buru Quartet'' or ''Buru Tetralogy'' ( id, Tetralogi Buru) is a

literary Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

tetralogy A tetralogy (from Greek τετρα- '' tetra-'', "four" and -λογία ''-logia'', "discourse") is a compound work that is made up of four distinct works. The name comes from the Attic theater, in which a tetralogy was a group of three tragedie ...

written by Indonesian author

Pramoedya Ananta Toer Pramoedya Ananta Toer (EYD: Pramudya Ananta Tur) (6 February 1925 – 30 April 2006) was an Indonesian author of novels, short stories, essays, polemics and histories of his homeland and its people. His works span the colonial period under Dutch ...

Buru Island Buru (formerly spelled Boeroe, Boro, or Bouru) is the third largest island within the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It lies between the Banda Sea to the south and Seram Sea to the north, west of Ambon and Seram islands. The island belongs to ...

detention camp in Maluku. It is composed of the novels ''

This Earth of Mankind ''This Earth of Mankind'' is the first book in Pramoedya Ananta Toer's epic quartet called '' Buru Quartet'', first published by Hasta Mitra in 1980. The story is set at the end of the Dutch colonial rule and was written while Pramoedya was im ...

'', '' Child of All Nations'', '' Footsteps'', and '' House of Glass'', published between 1980 and 1988. The book series is loosely based on the life of Tirto Adhi Soerjo. The Buru Quartet books were banned by the regime of long-serving Indonesian president Suharto and his successor B.J. Habibie. The ban was lifted in 2000.

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''Buru Quartet'' review
by the Asian Review of Books 1980s novels Historical novels Novels by Pramoedya Ananta Toer Censored books Novel series Literary tetralogies Buru {{1980s-hist-novel-stub