{"product_id":"the-mutes-soliloquy-a-memoir","title":"The Mute's Soliloquy: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the Buru Quartet and one of the greatest writers of our time comes a remarkable memoir of imprisonment and survival.  In 1965  Pramoedya Ananta Toer was detained by Indonesian authorities and eventually exiled to the penal island of Buru. Without a formal accusation or trial  the onetime national hero was imprisoned on Buru for eleven years. He survived under brutal conditions  somehow managing to produce his masterwork  the four novels of the Buru Quartet  as well as the remarkable journal entries  essays  and letters that comprise this moving memoir.  Reminiscent of the work of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn  The Mutes Soliloquy is a harrowing portrait of a penal colony and a heartbreaking remembrance of life before it. With a resonance far beyond its particular time and place  it is Pramoedyas crowning achievement--a passionate tribute to the freedom of the mind and a celebration of the human spirit.  \"A haunting record of a great writers attempt to keep his imagination and his humanity alive.\"-- The New York Times Book Review  \"A story too vast and serious to ignore.\"-- San Francisco Chronicle (front page review)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966163120181,"sku":"ByrdShop_0140289046","price":60.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780140289046.jpg?v=1770555895","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-mutes-soliloquy-a-memoir","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}