by Francois Bizot · Vintage Books USA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099449195
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«The Gate» is the memoir by ethnologist François Bizot, published by Vintage Books USA in paperback (336 pages, in English).
In 1971, French ethnologist François Bizot is captured by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and, after months of interrogations at the hands of Douch, is released as the only Western survivor. In 1975, with the fall of Phnom Penh, he acts as an intermediary at the French embassy. These memoirs, written thirty years later, recount the killing fields.
The «New Ed» edition from Vintage, published on 5 February 2004, includes a foreword by John le Carré and the text in English.
It is a read for those interested in the history of Cambodia, war testimonies, and the political memory of Southeast Asia.
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.
