by Norman Lewis · Eland Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781780601021
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«An Empire of the East: Travels in Indonesia» is Norman Lewis's travel book, published by Eland Publishing in paperback (280 pages, in English).
In 1991, at 83, Norman Lewis undertook three journeys to Sumatra, East Timor and Irian Jaya. An Empire of the East documents the devastation of the rainforests, the massacre of communists in Bali in 1965, the destruction of East Timor, the culture of the Yali tribe and the Freeport copper mine, with a critical eye on the Javanese generals.
An Empire of the East was originally published in 1993; this English edition appeared in 2014. The work falls within travel, non-fiction and Indonesian history.
For readers of travel writing and Southeast Asian history, with an interest in a critical perspective on Indonesia in the twentieth century.
John Frederick Norman Lewis was a British writer. While he is best known for his travel writing, he also wrote twelve novels and several volumes of autobiography.
