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Revolusi
- Author
- David Van Reybrouck
- Narrator
- Neil Gardner
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 8 February 2024
- Run Time
- 22 hours 7 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024**
A story of staggering scope and drama, Revolusi is the masterful and definitive account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonisation of the modern world.
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2024*
On a sunny Friday morning in August 1945, a handful of tired people raised a homemade cotton flag and on behalf of 68 million compatriots announced the birth of a new nation: Indonesia.
Four million civilians had died during the Japanese wartime occupation that ousted its Dutch colonial regime. Another 200,000 people would lose their lives in the astonishingly brutal conflict that ensued - as the Dutch used savage violence to reassert their control, and as Britain and America became embroiled in pacifying Indonesia's guerrilla war of resistance: the 'Revolusi'. It was not until December 1949 that the newly created United Nations finally brought the conflict an end - and with it, 350 years of colonial rule - setting a precedent that would reshape the world.
Drawing on hundreds of interviews and eye-witness testimonies, David Van Reybrouck turns this vast and complex story into an utterly gripping narrative that is alive with human detail at every turn. A landmark publication, Revolusi shows Indonesia's struggle for independence to be one of the defining dramas of the twentieth century.
'Astounding . . . history at its best' Yuval Noah Harari
'Utterly compelling . . . masterful' Financial Times *Summer Reads 2024*
'Superb' Guardian
'A magnificent fusion of oral history, sparkling analysis, and historical wisdom. Revolusi has it all: a masterpiece' SEBASTIAN MALLABY
'One of the most unlikely and astonishing sagas ... a towering achievement' THOMAS MEANEY
'A magisterial but gripping account of events of urgent importance to us now' JASON BURKE
'At once vast and intimate, a history in colour' LAKSMI PAMUNTJAK
'A masterly display of the historian’s craft' J M COETZEE
'A wonderful and important book' PETER FRANKOPAN
©2024 David Van Reybrouck (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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A magnificent fusion of oral history, sparkling analysis, and historical wisdom. Revolusi has it all: a masterpiece
Sebastian Mallaby
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Masterful . . . utterly compelling . . . unfolds over a vast geopolitical canvas and yet never falters . . . propelled by the stories of its astonishing cast
Financial Times, *Books of the Year*
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An astounding feat of both research and storytelling. History at its best
Yuval Harari
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Masterly . . . This compelling narrative . . . wrapped around an extraordinary core of individuals . . . convincingly argues that Indonesia in itself represents a global crossroads, one of the most important in modern history
The Times
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We learn something utterly fascinating on every single page
Evening Standard, *Best Books of 2024*
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A wonderful and important book
Peter Frankopan
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Superb
Guardian
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The story of [Indonesia’s] formation is delivered in a manner that genuinely seems unsurpassable
History Today, *Books of the Year*
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Revolusi briskly ushers Indonesia onto the centre stage of modern history
Pankaj Mishra
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Majestic and beautifully written
Times Literary Supplement
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Details
- Author
- David Van Reybrouck
- Narrator
- Neil Gardner
- Duration
- 22 hours 7 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 February 2024
- ISBN
- 9781529936063
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Decolonisation and postcolonial studies, Asian history, Colonialism and imperialism, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024**A story of staggering scope and drama, Revolusi is the masterful and definitive account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonisation of the modern world.*SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2024*On a sunny Friday morning in August 1945, a handful of tired people raised a homemade cotton flag and on behalf of 68 million compatriots announced the birth of a new nation: Indonesia.Four million civilians had died during the Japanese wartime occupation that ousted its Dutch colonial regime. Another 200,000 people would lose their lives in the astonishingly brutal conflict that ensued - as the Dutch used savage violence to reassert their control, and as Britain and America became embroiled in pacifying Indonesia's guerrilla war of resistance: the 'Revolusi'. It was not until December 1949 that the newly created United Nations finally brought the conflict an end - and with it, 350 years of colonial rule - setting a precedent that would reshape the world.Drawing on hundreds of interviews and eye-witness testimonies, David Van Reybrouck turns this vast and complex story into an utterly gripping narrative that is alive with human detail at every turn. A landmark publication, Revolusi shows Indonesia's struggle for independence to be one of the defining dramas of the twentieth century.'Astounding . . . history at its best' Yuval Noah Harari'Utterly compelling . . . masterful' Financial Times *Summer Reads 2024*'Superb' Guardian'A magnificent fusion of oral history, sparkling analysis, and historical wisdom. Revolusi has it all: a masterpiece' SEBASTIAN MALLABY'One of the most unlikely and astonishing sagas ... a towering achievement' THOMAS MEANEY'A magisterial but gripping account of events of urgent importance to us now' JASON BURKE'At once vast and intimate, a history in colour' LAKSMI PAMUNTJAK'A masterly display of the historian’s craft' J M COETZEE'A wonderful and important book' PETER FRANKOPAN©2024 David Van Reybrouck (P)2024 Penguin Audio
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