Highways to a War - Couverture rigide

Koch, C.J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0434001996 ISBN 13 : 9780434001996

Editeur : William Heinemann Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

This novel tells the story of the search for Mike Langford, a war photographer, with a reputation for risk-taking, who disappears inside Cambodia after its fall to the Khmer Rouge. It explores the highways that led Langford to war and to his ultimate fate.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

“A gripping tale . . . A convincing, page-turning evocation of recent history.”—The New York Times
 
Ray Barton travels to war-ravaged Southeast Asia to search for his missing friend Michael Langford, a brilliant, risk-taking combat photographer who was stolen into Khmer Rouge Cambodia on a mysterious mission and disappeared. The search illuminates Langford’s heroism, his fierce loyalties, and the personal highways he has traveled to war. Langford’s empathy for the brave but poorly commanded Cambodian troops and his love for a young Cambodian woman have led him in the end to put down the camera and take up the gun in a foreign struggle he had made his own.
 
Koch richly evokes Indochina—from the deceptively tranquil rice paddies of South Vietnam to the corrupt, doomed pink-and-white city of Phnom Penh. Highways to a War is a story of intense relationships forged in a dangerous and hallucinatory land that continues to haunt the American soul.
 
“An absorbing, deeply moving . . . tale of love and heroism. . . . The evocation of the Cambodian landscape . . . is truly haunting.”—Kirkus Reviews
 
“Highways to a War ranks among the best of the . . . literature that has come out of the agony of the wars in Southeast Asia.”—The Orlando Sentinel

Biographie de l'auteur

Christopher J. Koch (1932–2013) was an acclaimed Australian novelist from Hobart, Tasmania. He is best known for The Year of Living Dangerously, which was made into an award-winning film. He was twice awarded the Miles Franklin Award, Australia's top literary honor, for The Doubleman in 1985 and for Highways to a War in 1993.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: William Heinemann Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0434001996
• ISBN 13: 9780434001996
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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