Novels set in Indonesia

1900 novel by Joseph Conrad

1860 novel by Multatuli, which played a key role in modifying Dutch colonial policy

novel by Pramoedya Ananta Toer

book by Marah Roesli

novel by Joseph Conrad

Oeroeg (translated into English as "The Black Lake") is the first novel by Hella Haasse. First published anonymously in 1948, it has become one of the best-known Dutch novels and a staple of literary education for many Dutch schoolchildren. The novel, a Bildungsroman, is set in the former Dutch East Indies: the anonymous narrator grows up on a plantation in the Dutch colony of West Java, his childhood friend is a native boy of the same age. As the narrator grows up, he finds himself becoming estranged from his friend, as a result of the political and racial circumstances of colonial life. Afte

novel by Louis Couperus

Belenggoe (Perfected Spelling: Belenggu; translated to English as Shackles) is a novel by Indonesian author Armijn Pane. The novel follows the love triangle between a doctor, his wife, and his childhood friend, which eventually causes each of the three characters to lose the ones they love. Originally published by the literary magazine Poedjangga Baroe in three instalments from April to June 1940, it was the magazine's only published novel. It was also the first Indonesian psychological novel.

1931 novel by I Wayan Gobiah

1932 novel by Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana

1963 novel by Mochtar Lubis

1920 novel by Merari Siregar