by Simon Leys · ACANTILADO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788415277408
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In 'The Wreck of the Batavia: Anatomy of a Massacre', Simon Leys narrates the terrible story of the wreck of the Batavia, a ship of the Dutch East India Company, in 1629. The work describes how the survivors, left to their fate after the shipwreck, faced a spiral of terror and violence unleashed by a former apothecary. Leys examines this historical episode in detail, offering a profound reflection on the human condition in extreme situations.
Pierre Ryckmans, better known by his pen name Simon Leys, was a Belgian-Australian sinologist and translator. He lived in Australia from 1970. His work particularly focused on the politics and traditional culture of China, calligraphy, French and English literature, the commercialization of universities, and nautical fiction. His trilogy Les Habits neufs du président Mao (1971), Ombres chinoises (1974) and Images brisées (1976) denounced the Cultural Revolution in China and the idolizing of Mao in the West.
