![]() ![]() Life turns out to be a paradoxical one for Minke – on the one hand his education teaches him to think and argue and believe that all things are possible while on the other hand the colonial structure, within which he lives, works to ensure that little is possible. The novel follows his – and their – fortunes as the colonial authority does its best to see that a Native does not rise above his station. Early in the novel, he is introduced to a succesful concubine Nyai Ontosoroh and her beautiful daughter, Annelies, and is gradually drawn into their lives. Being a Native he has no formal name, and so throughout he is called several names – Sinyo or Nyo, Gus, and most commonly Minke. It tells the story of a Native, the only one to attend an elite school. ![]() This earth of mankind is set in 1898, and provides a fascinating look at colonial life in Indonesia at that time. From Wikipedia, under GNU Free Documentation License ![]()
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