INDONESIA OUT OF EXILE out as an Audiobook on June 10.

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“Lane chronicles the writer’s struggles through his book Indonesia Out of Exile: How Pramoedya’s Buru Quartet Killed a Dictatorship. The tome also covers the roles of Pramoedya’s fellow political prisoners, newspaper publisher Hasjim Rahman and journalist Joesoef Isak, in the stormy inception of the Buru Quartet by publishing the books in defiance of a government ban in 1981 through their Hasta Mitra (Hands of Friendship) publishing company. “

‘If you want to start to understand modern Indonesia, you should read this book. It has a gripping story, fascinating detail, compelling analysis and is at the same time very accessible and a good read. Max Lane uses his great knowledge of Pramoedya Ananta Toer, and his writings, and his collaborators, to explain how and why Indonesia is as it is today, and how it might become what Pramoedya hoped.’

—David Reeve, Honorary Professor of Indonesian Studies,

University of New South Wales, Australia.

‘In telling the story of how Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Hasyim Rachman and Joesoef Ishak recaptured the original Indonesia, Max Lane reveals a hidden, complex yet critical part of Indonesia’s unfinished revolution.’

—Dr Riwanto Tirtosudarmo, writer and senior researcher on Indonesian society, Indonesian Institute of Sciences until 2017.

‘Max Lane has written a fascinating book about the creation and

impact of one of the world’s greatest literary works. If you are already familiar with the Buru Quartet, Indonesia Out of Exile will deepen your understanding of it. And if you aren’t, here is a compelling and provocative introduction to these brilliant novels, written by the man who translated them into English and did more than anyone else to get for them the attention they so richly deserve in the anglophone world and beyond.’

—Will Schwalbe, New York Times bestselling author

of The End of Your Life Book Club

‘I met Pramoedya Ananta Toer, thanks to Max Lane, whose meticulous translation of the books of Indonesia’s greatest novelist introduced the English speaking world to a man whose literature stood like a beacon during the long darkness of General Suharto’s dictatorship. Indonesia Out of Exile is Max Lane’s landmark new work in which he places Pramoedya at the heart of a struggle that can teach and inspire all of us today.’

—John Pilger, journalist and filmmaker