Surviving the Killing Fields

Zusatztext A terrible and thrilling story. Informationen zum Autor Haing Ngor survived labour camp, torture and near death, before his escape to America. A champion for the cause of Cambodian refugees, he was murdered by street robbers in LA in 1996. Roger Warner, his friend and co-writer, writes extensively on foreign affairs. Klappentext Best known for his academy award-winning role as Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields", for Haing Ngor his greatest performance was not in Hollywood but in war-torn Cambodia. Here, in his memoir of life under the Khmer Rouge, is a searing account of a country's descent into hell.Best known for his academy award-winning role as Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields", for Haing Ngor his greatest performance was not in Hollywood but in war-torn Cambodia. Here, in his memoir of life under the Khmer Rouge, is a searing account of a country´s descent into hell. Zusammenfassung Best known for his academy award-winning role as Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields", for Haing Ngor his greatest performance was not in Hollywood but in war-torn Cambodia. Here, in his memoir of life under the Khmer Rouge, is a searing account of a country's descent into hell.

Product details

• Authors: Haing Ngor, Haing S. Ngor, Roger Warner
• Publisher: Robinson Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2003
• EAN: 9781841197937
• ISBN: 978-1-84119-793-7
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History