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Norman Lewis was eighty-three years old when in 1991 he embarked on a series of three arduous journeys into the most contentious corners of Indonesia: into the extreme western edge of Sumatra, into East Timor and Irian Jaya. He never drops his guard, reporting only on what he can observe, and using his well-honed tools of irony, humour and restraint to assess the power of the ruling Javanese generals who for better or worse took over the 300-year old dominion of the exploitative Dutch colonial regime. An Empire of the East is the magnificent swan-song of Britain's greatest travel writer: unearthing the decimation of the tropical rain forests in Sumatra, the all but forgotten Balinese massacre of the communists in 1965, the shell-shocked destruction of East Timor, the stone-age hunter-gathering culture of the Yali tribe (in western Papua New Guinea) and perhaps most chilling of all, his visit to the Freeport Copper mine in the sky - which is like a foretaste of the film Avatar - but this time the bad guys, complete with a well-oiled publicity department, triumph. He left us with a brilliant book, that reveals his passion for justice and his delight in every form of human society and still challenges our complacency and indifference.
Norman Lewis was eighty-three years old when in 1991 he embarked on a series of three arduous journeys into the most contentious corners of Indonesia: into the extreme western edge of Sumatra, into East Timor and Irian Jaya. He never drops his guard, reporting only on what he can observe, and using his well-honed tools of irony, humour and restraint to assess the power of the ruling Javanese generals who for better or worse took over the 300-year old dominion of the exploitative Dutch colonial regime. An Empire of the East is the magnificent swan-song of Britain's greatest travel writer: unearthing the decimation of the tropical rain forests in Sumatra, the all but forgotten Balinese massacre of the communists in 1965, the shell-shocked destruction of East Timor, the stone-age hunter-gathering culture of the Yali tribe (in western Papua New Guinea) and perhaps most chilling of all, his visit to the Freeport Copper mine in the sky - which is like a foretaste of the film Avatar - but this time the bad guys, complete with a well-oiled publicity department, triumph. He left us with a brilliant book, that reveals his passion for justice and his delight in every form of human society and still challenges our complacency and indifference.
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Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
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Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 280 |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9781780601021 |
ISBN-10: | 1780601026 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Lewis, Norman |
Hersteller: | Eland Publishing Ltd |
Maße: | 216 x 136 x 22 mm |
Von/Mit: | Norman Lewis |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 04.04.2014 |
Gewicht: | 0,354 kg |
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2014 |
---|---|
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 280 |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9781780601021 |
ISBN-10: | 1780601026 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Lewis, Norman |
Hersteller: | Eland Publishing Ltd |
Maße: | 216 x 136 x 22 mm |
Von/Mit: | Norman Lewis |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 04.04.2014 |
Gewicht: | 0,354 kg |
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