There is no greater misunderstanding than to think that one travels alone.
On this epic journey through China, Cambodia and Vietnam, political columnist Carsten Jensen travels in order to find out about the Tiananmen Square massacre, the killing fields of Cambodia and the operations of Khmer Rouge.
His constant questioning makes him friends and enemies, but he never settles for half-truths. With a profound sense of the sweep of history, Jensen contemplates the rise and fall of empires and cultures, the birth of new generations, new societies, and indeed a whole new world.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Carsten Jensen has an enviable ability to talk to a wide range of people and excels as a listener and interpreter of what lies behind conversations -- Sarah Anderson * Daily Mail * This philosophical meditation on South-east Asia has to be one of the most politically lucid, poetically observed and elegantly translated books I've read in years * Independent * Engrossing -- James Urquart * The Times *
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Höhe: 198 mm
Breite: 129 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
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978-1-86046-871-1 (9781860468711)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Carsten Jensen was born in 1952. He first made his name as a columnist and literary critic. As a journalist he has reported from many regions of conflict, including the Balkans and most recently, Afghanistan. His essays, novels and travel books have won numerous literary awards, including the coveted Golden Laurels and the Danish Bank Literary Prize. In 2010 he received the prestigious Olof Palme Prize, awarded for his contribution to the defence of human rights. We, the Drowned has sold more than 300,000 copies in Scandinavia alone and was voted best Danish novel of the past 25 years.
