by François Bizot · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782738216779
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«Le portail» is François Bizot's testimony about his detention by the Khmer Rouge, published by Seine in paperback (397 pages, in French).
François Bizot narrates in the first person his captivity at the hands of the Khmer Rouge and the weight of that extreme experience. The book combines personal memoir and historical chronicle, and dwells on the contradictions of political violence and the difficult exit from a regime of terror.
First edition: September 2, 2002. ISBN 9782738216779. French edition of 397 pages.
For readers interested in memoirs and historical testimonies, especially about Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge.
François Bizot is a French anthropologist. While working as a conservationist in Cambodia, he was held captive by the Khmer Rouge for several months. He was released after being found innocent of spying charges, becoming the only Westerner to survive imprisonment by the Khmer Rouge.
