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Buru Island : a prison memoir / Hersri Setiawan ; translated by Jennifer Lindsay.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hersri S. (Hersri Setiawan), author.
- Series:
- Herb Feith Translation Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hersri S. (Hersri Setiawan)--Imprisonment.
- Hersri S.
- Political prisoners--Indonesia--Biography.
- Political prisoners.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxix, 367 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Buru Island was the site of Indonesia's most remote and infamous prison camp. In the wake of the 1965 repression of the political Left, between 1969 and 1979, approximately 12,000 men were held on Buru without formal charge or trial. During their detention prisoners suffered torture, forced labour and malnourishment, as well as social isolation. This book is an edited translation of the Indonesian language memoir by the writer Hersri Setiawan (b.1936) who was detained for nine years, including seven on Buru Island. As a young writer filled with hope and optimism for Indonesia's future he joined the left-wing cultural organisation Lekra (Lembaga Kebudayaan Rakyat, Institute of People's Culture) and was a permanent representative of the Indonesian National Committee to the Asia-Africa Writer's Bureau in Colombo. Setiawan shares an intimate account of his life story leading up to and during his detention. In beautifully crafted prose he brings into stark light the horrors of the period after 1965, which included disappearance, murder, torture, betrayal and loss and his own capture and incarceration on Buru Island. This is a moving and at times harrowing account of human cruelty and, at the same time, a story of survival and hope" -- Back cover.
- Contents:
- Front cover
- Title Page
- About this Book
- Copyright and Imprint Information
- CONTENTS
- Translator's Note
- Foreword
- Glossary
- Introduction: The Tragedy of 30 September 1965
- Maps
- Part I: Before Buru
- Chapter 1. From Free Citizen to 'ET'
- Chapter 2. Operation Keep Your Mouth Shut
- Chapter 3. Journey to the 'Isle of Hope'
- Chapter 4. Last days in Camp Tangerang
- Chapter 5. Freedom Road
- Chapter 6. Tangerang versus Salemba
- Part II: Buru Stories
- Chapter 7. From Sanleko to Bantalareja
- Chapter 8. Starting at Namlea
- Chapter 9. First Sunset at Bantalareja
- Chapter 10. First Night Roll Call
- Chapter 11. Firsts at Unit XIV Bantalareja
- Chapter 12. Tales of Unit XIV Bantalareja Clusters
- Chapter 13. Tap Water Comes to Unit XV Indrapura
- Chapter 14. Command Headquarters Band
- Chapter 15. The 'Savanajaya Family'
- Chapter 16. Salt Tales
- Part III: Buru People
- Chapter 17. Heru Santoso
- Part IV: Life after Buru
- Chapter 18. The Purgatory Island of Buru Twenty Years Later
- Chapter 19. A Birthday Present for My Daughter
- About the Author
- About the Translator
- About the Herb Feith Translation Series.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781925835588
- 1925835588
- 9781925835571
- 192583557X
- OCLC:
- 1443081912
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