Bibliograph

The elimination, A survivor of the Khmer Rouge confronts his past and the commandant of the killing fields, Rithy Panh with Christophe Bataille ; translated by John Cullen

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The elimination, A survivor of the Khmer Rouge confronts his past and the commandant of the killing fields, Rithy Panh with Christophe Bataille ; translated by John Cullen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-271)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The elimination

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

794359105

Responsibility statement

Rithy Panh with Christophe Bataille ; translated by John Cullen

Sub title

A survivor of the Khmer Rouge confronts his past and the commandant of the killing fields

Summary

"Rithy Panh was only eleven years old when the Khmer Rouge expelled his family from Phnom Penh in 1975. In the months and years that followed, his entire family was executed, starved, or worked to death. Thirty years later, after having become a respected filmmaker, Panh decides to question one of the men principally responsible for the genocide, Comrade Duch, who's neither an ordinary person nor a demon- he's an educated organizer, a slaughterer who talks, forgets, lies, explains, and works on his legacy. This confrontation unfolds into an exceptional narrative of human history and an examination of the nature of evil. The Elimination stands among the essential works that document the immense tragedies of the twentieth century, with Primo Levi's If This Is a Man and Elie Wiesel's Night"--, Provided by publisher

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