The Earth Of Mankind

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. The son of noble Javanese, he moves easily among the Dutch and their ideas and language but is prevented from enjoying their rights. He alos falls desperately in love with the beautiful Indo-European Annelies, and it is through her and her extraordinary family that Minke finds the strength to embrace his world.