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    <body><![CDATA[Tidak mudah membaca karya Pram, dalam bahasa Inggris pula. Membayangkan keadaan beliau saat menulis memoar ini (tahanan politik di pulau Buru) membuktikan beliau adalah salah satu penulis besar yang pernah dimiliki bangsa kita. Salah satu kutipan yang saya sukai:<br/> <br/>&quot;.. you must build ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63237586">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Nyanyi sunyi seorang bisu.<br/>aku membacanya ketika bp Harto berkuasa, sangat deg degan membaca buku ini dikamar kost, peringatan keras dari teman u/ sangat hati hati membaca buku clandestin ini, aku mendapatkan dari seorang teman dan untuk mendapatkannya pada waktu itu tidak murah untuk ukuran bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36119631">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a beautifully written, unfortunately prescient, heart breaking account of this author's own personal Guantanamo (only on Buru Island, not Cuba). arrested and imprisoned without charges for 12+ years 1965-1977 in Indonesia at the time of Suharto's coup;<br/>these are the writings he was able to keep...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24105845">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[kalau dibandingkan dg novel2 pramudya lainnya, terus terang aku kurang suka buku ini. barangkali karena didalamnya terlalu banyak hujatan langsung kepada pemerintah. Bukan berarti aku pro pemerintah. Namun dmk aku tetap salut sm perjuangan bung pram utk tetap sadar dan tetap menulis di penjara. Perj...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8831597">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A very brave man i've ever noticed...Never been tired to speak up truth in his entire life...The art of being cynical way to wake up many young generations that nothing in this world could ever tie up our thoughts, even until our last breath. Very very proud of you eyank!!! Rest in peace always!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One little story in the darkest side of  New Order glorius regime. Story of stigmatized persons who was wrongly acused because of their voice offended to the government regime. Tragic. Written in the shockingly details.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ini bukan novel, tapi kumpulan surat-surat seorang ayah kepada anak perempuannya. dalam surat inilah tergambarkan situasi si penulis yang punya kadar dokumenter bagi perjalanan bangsa.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Menggali makna kehidupan dari balik kungkungan terali bui... Mengharukan sekaligus mengorbankan semangat]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Nyanyi Sunyi Seorang Bisu]]>
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    <![CDATA[Catatan Pram semasa menjadi tahanan di Pulau Buru, antara tahun 1969 s/d 1979]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>diam akan lebih memberi makna. tabik.]]></body>
    
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