 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu 1945, pashure pokunge nhau dzorukundo rweAllied pamusoro peJapan dzasvika kuIndonesia, Sukarno akazivisa rusununguko rweIndonesia. Ikoku kwakatungamirira kuIndonesian National Revolution mukurwisana namasimba eBritish neDutch. Muhondo iyi, Pramoedya akabatana neboka revarwi muKarawang, Kranji West Java uye pakupedzisira akaiswa muJakarta. Munguva iyi akanyora nyaya pfupi nemabhuku, pamwe chete nekuparadzira nhema dzeNationalist. Pakupedzisira akaiswa mujeri nevaDutch muJakarta muna 1947 uye akaramba ari ikoko kusvikira muna 1949, gore iro Netherlands yakaziva rusununguko rweIndonesia. Paaiva mujeri muBukit Duri kubva muna 1947 kusvika muna 1949 nekuda kwebasa rake muIndonesian Revolution, akanyora mabhuku ake ekutanga makuru The Fugitive uye Guerilla Family nerutsigiro rwemari kubva kuOpbouw-Pembangoenan foundation, iyo yakabudisawo mabhuku. 