Download or read book This Earth of Mankind written by Pramoedya Ananta Toer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1996-05-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minke is a young Javanese student of great intelligence and ambition. Living equally among the colonists and colonized of 19th-century Java, he battles against the confines of colonial strictures. It is his love for Annelies that enables him to find the strength to embrace his world.