Survival in the Killing Fields - Softcover

Haing Ngor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841197939 ISBN 13: 9781841197937

Publisher: Robinson, 2003

Synopsis

Best known for his academt award-winning role as Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields", for Haing Ngor his greatest performance was not in Hollywood but in the rice paddies and labour camps of war-torn Cambodia. Here, in his memoir of life under the Khmer Rouge, is a searing account of a country's descent into hell. His was a world of war slaves and execution squads, of senseless brutality and mind-numbing torture; where families ceased to be and only a very special love could soar above the squalor, starvation and disease. An eyewitness account of the real killing fields by an extraordinary survivor, this book is a reminder of the horrors of war - and a testament to the enduring human spirit.

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Review:

Profound, personal, and proud . . . one of the more important autobiographies of our time. (Los Angeles Times)

Ngor shows the awful price he paid to play his role so brilliantly. His well-crafted book makes an unimaginable horror come to life. (Washington Post Book World)

A superb book . . . perhaps the best . . . so far . . . on what it is like . . . to live under the still inexplicable horrors of the Khmer Rouge. (Sunday Times) --Sunday Times

The best book on Cambodia ever published. (Chicago Tribune) --Chicago Tribune

A terrible and thrilling story. (Publishers Weekly) --Publishers Weekly)

Book Description:

Best known for his academy award-winning role as Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields", for Haing Ngor his greatest performance was not in Hollywood but in war-torn Cambodia. Here, in his memoir of life under the Khmer Rouge, is a searing account of a country's descent into hell.

About this edition

• Publisher: Robinson
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1841197939
• ISBN 13: 9781841197937
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528