{"product_id":"david-van-reybrouck-revolusi-2025","title":"David Van Reybrouck: Revolusi [2025]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024* *Shortlisted for the Cundill Prize*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story of staggering scope and drama, \u003ci\u003eRevolusi\u003c\/i\u003e is the masterful and definitive account of the epic revolution that changed the course of the 20th century.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astounding . . . history at its best' \u003c\/b\u003eYuval Noah Harari\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Utterly compelling . . . astonishing'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Superb' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a sunny morning in August 1945, a handful of tired people raised a homemade cotton flag and announced the birth of a new nation: Indonesia. For three and a half centuries, its people had been subject to Dutch colonial rule. It would take another four years of guerrilla warfare and resistance - the 'Revolusi' - to finally win their freedom, blazing a trail that would reshape the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on hundreds of interviews and eye-witness testimonies, David Van Reybrouck's superbly woven narrative is alive with human detail at every turn, showing Indonesia's struggle for independence to be one of the defining dramas of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magnificent fusion of oral history, sparkling analysis and historical wisdom. \u003ci\u003eRevolus\u003c\/i\u003ei has it all: a masterpiece'\u003c\/b\u003e Sebastian Mallaby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Masterly . . . compelling . . . convincingly argues that Indonesia in itself represents a global crossroads, one of the most important in modern history'\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Pisani, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'We learn something utterly fascinating on every single page'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The story of [Indonesia's] formation is delivered in a manner that genuinely seems unsurpassable'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eRevolusi \u003c\/i\u003ebriskly ushers Indonesia onto the centre stage of modern history'\u003c\/b\u003e Pankaj Mishra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'With rare narrative brilliance, \u003ci\u003eRevolusi\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a history at once vast and intimate, a history in colour'\u003c\/b\u003e Laksmi Pamuntjak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magisterial and gripping account of events of urgent importance to us now'\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Burke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful and important book'\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Frankopan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Majestic and beautifully written'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Immensely readable'\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Hochschild, \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An electrifying narrative'\u003c\/b\u003e Tunku Varadarajan, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The definitive account of a neglected epoch'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Masterly'\u003c\/b\u003e J M Coetzee\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reybrouck, David Van \u0026 Colmer, David \u0026 Mckay, David","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52825369084243,"sku":"9781529931525","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/reybrouck-david-van-colmer-david-mckay-david-david-van-reybrouck-revolusi-2025-9781529931525-1217560301.jpg?v=1768939597","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/david-van-reybrouck-revolusi-2025","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}