by François Bizot · Editions Gallimard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070349142
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Phnom Penh, 1970. In the aftermath of the coup d'état that brought a pro-American government to power, a French diplomat tracks down the Cambodian woman who stole money from him and brings her home by force. Five months later, the young woman's body is found in the bush, north of Angkor, near a ritual offering plate. This strange affair, which threatens to take a political turn, brings together two men: Boni, the inspector, whose need for consolation has become insatiable, and Rénot, the ethnologist, who enjoys life without guilt. Following "Le portail," his moving account of his captivity in Cambodian prisons, François Bizot continues his exploration of the greatness and misery of the human soul, blending genres to transport us to the heart of the immemorial forests of the Khmer hinterland.
