Summary
Selected as a Book of the Year in 2017 in the Scottish Herald
“The beauty of the prose is in contrast with the horror anticipated by this superbly subtle narrative” - Kapka Kassabova
In 1971, on a routine outing through the Cambodian countryside, the young French ethnologist Fran-ois Bizot is captured by the Khmer Rouge. Accused of being an agent of ‘American imperialism’, he is chained and imprisoned. His captor, Douch - later responsible for tens of thousands of dea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099449195 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099449196 |
| Author: | Francois Bizot |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2004 |
| Weight: | 215g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 18mm |
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“A harrowing narrative, worthy of a novel by Graham Greene or John le Carre… [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 Carre, 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
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About The Author
Francois Bizot
François Bizot is a French ethnologist who has spent the greater part of his career studying Buddhism. He is the Director of Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études and holds the chair in South-East-Asian Buddhism at the Sorbonne.
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