Buru Quartet

The Buru Quartet or Buru Tetralogy is a literary tetralogy written by Indonesian author Pramoedya Ananta Toer at Buru Island detention camp in Maluku. It is composed of the novels This [Earth of Mankind], Child of All Nations, Footsteps, and House of [Glass (1988 novel)|House of Glass], published between 1980 and 1988. The book series is loosely based on the life of Tirto [Adhi Soerjo].
The Buru Quartet books were banned by the regime of long-serving Indonesian president Suharto. The ban was lifted in 2010.