HASTA Mitra was never immune to the friction among its own members. Since the death of Hasjim Rachman in 1999, the task of editing as well as marketing the books and taking care of work arrangements with foreign publishers was all done by Joesoef Isak. Pramoedya continued to work on as a writer and wait for his royalties from scribbling away.

Although Hasta Mitra published the works of many former political prisoners, Pramoedya’s works were th