Novel by famous Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer, translated into Malayalam by S A Qudsi. In 'arvadeseeya Balan', the reader is immediately swept up by a story that is profoundly feminist, devastatingly anticolonialist—and full of heartbreak, suspense, love, and fury. Pramoedya immerses the reader in a world that is astonishing in its vividness: the cultural whirlpool that was the Dutch East Indies of the 1890s.

A story of awakening, it follows Minke, the main character of This Earth of Mankind, as he struggles to overcome the injustice all around him. Pramoedya's full literary genius is evident in the brilliant characters that populate this world: Minke's fragile Mixed-Race wife; a young Chinese revolutionary; an embattled Javanese peasant and his impoverished family; the French painter Jean Marais, to name just a few. Published in English as 'Child of All Nations.'

Malayalam Title: സാർവദേശീയ ബാലൻ
Pages: 384
Size: Demy 1/8
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 2012 June