Narrated by Pangemanann, a native policeman assigned to monitor Minke and his followers, this novel offers a story and meditation on the role of the native coll... » 

Narrated by Pangemanann, a native policeman assigned to monitor Minke and his followers, this novel offers a story and meditation on the role of the native collaborator with colonialism. It tells the mulitfaceted tale of Indonesia's birth as a nation. «