- Published: 6 February 2024
- ISBN: 9781847927057
- Imprint: Bodley Head
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 656
- RRP: $36.99
Revolusi
Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World

















- Published: 6 February 2024
- ISBN: 9781847927057
- Imprint: Bodley Head
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 656
- RRP: $36.99
A magnificent fusion of oral history, sparkling analysis, and historical wisdom. Revolusi has it all: a masterpiece
Sebastian Mallaby
With rare narrative brilliance, Revolusi gives us a history at once vast and intimate, a history in colour
Laksmi Pamuntjak
A magisterial and gripping account of events of urgent importance to us now
Jason Burke
Masterly
J M Coetzee
An astounding feat of both research and storytelling. History at its best
Yuval Harari
History as it should be. Carried by a democracy of ordinary voices, meticulous research, an eye for decisive detail, vivid language and drama
Antjie Krog
A towering achievement . . . one of the most unlikely and astonishing sagas
Thomas Meaney
Revolusi briskly ushers Indonesia onto the centre stage of modern history
Pankaj Mishra
A wonderful and important book
Peter Frankopan
Superb
Guardian
Utterly compelling . . . unfolds over a vast geopolitical canvas and yet never falters . . . propelled by the stories of its astonishing cast
Financial Times
Majestic and beautifully written
Times Literary Supplement
Surely . . . the most consequential ‘invisible revolution’ of the last hundred years . . . compelling
History Today
Immensely readable
Adam Hochschild, Atlantic
An electrifying narrative
Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal
The definitive account of a neglected epoch
Economist
An outstanding account of one nation's unsung fight for freedom . . . enthralling . . . magnificent
Todd Kushner, Washington Independent Review of Books
A masterful account
Financial Times, *Summer Reads of 2024*
Masterly . . . This compelling narrative . . . is wrapped around an extraordinary core of individuals . . . convincingly argues that Indonesia in itself represents a global crossroads, one of the most important in modern history
Elizabeth Pisani, The Times
An excellent English translation, Revolusi is a masterful account of Indonesia’s 1945-49 war of independence against the Netherlands
Financial Times, *Books of the Year*
One of the year’s best books… fascinating; the story of its [Indonesia’s] formation is delivered in a manner that genuinely seems unsurpassable
History Today, *Books of the Year*
We learn something utterly fascinating on every single page about the history of the group of islands that constitute the modern nation-state of Indonesia
Evening Standard, *Best Books of 2024*