GATE, THE(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　?A harrowing narrative, worthy of a novel by Graham Greene or
John le Carré? [It] possesses the indelible power of a survivor?s
testimony.? —The New York Times ?It possesses such truth of
feeling, such clarity and conviction of narrative, such a wealth of
image and adventure, and such depths of long-held passion that I do
believe it is indeed that rarest thing: a classic.? ? John le Carré
, from the Foreword?A deeply unsettling account of a particular
ordeal that suggests larger questions: the moralities of power’s
ends and means, the character of revolutionary fanaticism and the
indecipherable humanity that flickers within it. . . . by turns
evocative, wise and crisscrossed by fury.? ? The New York Times
Book Review?[A] fascinating book, to say the least. Passages of
The Gate are riveting, some scenes heartbreaking.? ?The
Wall Street Journal — Review

　　In 1971 a young French ethnologist named Francois Bizot was
taken prisoner by forces of the Khmer Rouge who kept him chained in
a jungle camp for months before releasing him. Four years later
Bizot became the intermediary between the now victorious Khmer
Rouge and the occupants of the besieged French embassy in Phnom
Penh, eventually leading a desperate convoy of foreigners to safety
across the Thai border.
　　Out of those ordeals comes this transfixing book. At its center
lies the relationship between Bizot and his principal captor, a man
named Douch, who is today known as the most notorious of the Khmer
Rouge’s torturers but who, for a while, was Bizot’s protector and
friend. Written with the immediacy of a great novel, unsparing in
its understanding of evil, The Gate manages to be at once
wrenching and redemptive.