{"product_id":"9781925835564","title":"Buru Island : A Prison Memoir (Herb Feith Translation Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book consists of a translation of the Indonesian language memoir  Memoar Pulau Buru by Setiawan, who was detained for nine years,   including seven in the prison camp on Buru Island in Indonesia.  Thousands of men were held on Buru between 1969 and 1979 without   formal charges or trials in the aftermath of Indonesias violence  from 1965-1966, and Buru was notorious because of its remote   location, harsh climate, and tough conditions, as prisoners were  subjected to forced labor and long work days, as well as physical   and mental torture. Setiawan joined the left-wing cultural  organization Lekra and was the permanent representative of the   Indonesian National Committee to the Asia-Africa Writer's Bureau in  Colombo in Ceylon. After the 1965 election of a right-wing   government there, the authorities prohibited the bureau and he and 11  other representatives were given two days to leave the country.   Lekra was also banned, and Setiawan was arrested in 1969. He  discusses his experiences in prison, as well as the lives and   activities of other prisoners, along with his difficulties finding  employment after prison, as former political prisoners were banned   from various types of employment, denied civil rights, and ostracized  in their communities. Some chapters have been omitted for this   version. Distributed in the US by I.P.G.  Annotation 2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Monash University Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42893749780555,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":1067.81,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/0023\/7387\/files\/9781925835564-1.jpg?v=1784026663","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.co.th\/products\/9781925835564","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Thailand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}