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

Title
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.
Author
Rithy Panh.
Publication
New York : Other Press, c2012.

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Additional Authors
Bataille, Christophe.
Description
271 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
  • "From the internationally acclaimed director of S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, a survivor's autobiography that confronts the evils of the Khmer Rouge dictatorship. 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, Rithy 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"--
  • "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"--
Uniform Title
Élimination. English
Alternative Title
Élimination.
Subject
  • Rithy Panh
  • Kang, Kech Ieu, 1942-
  • Parti communiste du Kampuchea
  • Political refugees > Cambodia > Biography
  • Genocide survivors > Cambodia > Biography
  • Political atrocities > Cambodia
  • Cambodia > Politics and government > 1975-1979
Note
  • "Originally published in French as L'élimination by Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-271).
Call Number
JFD 13-2057
ISBN
  • 9781590515587 (hardback)
  • 1590515587 (hardback)
LCCN
2012030140
OCLC
794359105
Author
Rithy Panh.
Title
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.
Imprint
New York : Other Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-271).
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Bataille, Christophe.
Research Call Number
JFD 13-2057
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