The Gate [Lingua Inglese]: A Memoir - Brossura

Bizot, Francois

Brossura

ISBN 10: 037572723X ISBN 13: 9780375727238

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2004

Riassunto

An ethnologist describes his sojourn in rural Cambodia in 1971 as a scholar of Khmer pottery and Buddhism, his arrest and captivity by the Khmer Rouge as genocide swept through the country, his relationship with his captor, his role during the escape from the doomed capital of Phnom Penh, and other memories of the "killing fields" of Cambodia. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“A harrowing narrative, worthy of a novel by Graham Greene or John le Carré... [It] possesses the indelible power of a survivor’s testimony.” --The New York Times

“It possesses such truth of feeling, such clarity and conviction of narrative, such a wealth of image and adventure, and such depths of long-held passion that I do believe it is indeed that rarest thing: a classic.” – John le Carré , from the Foreword

“A deeply unsettling account of a particular ordeal that suggests larger questions: the moralities of power's ends and means, the character of revolutionary fanaticism and the indecipherable humanity that flickers within it. . . . by turns evocative, wise and crisscrossed by fury.” – The New York Times Book Review

“[A] fascinating book, to say the least. Passages of The Gate are riveting, some scenes heartbreaking.” –The Wall Street Journal

L'autore:

Francois Bizot is an ethnologist who has spent the greater part of his career studying Buddhism. He is the Director of Studies at Ecole Pratique des Hautes-etudes and holds the chair in Southeast Asian Buddhism at the Sorbonne. He lives in Paris.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 037572723X
• ISBN 13: 9780375727238
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304