An Empire of the East: Travels in Indonesia
por Lewis, Norman
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Muito Bom/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 080501960X
- ISBN 13
- 9780805019605
- Livreiro
-
CEDAR GROVE, West Virginia, United States
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Sobre este item
New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1994-04-01. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to boards and jacket, some scuffing to jacket faces; 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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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Kayleighbug Books (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 046381
- Título
- An Empire of the East: Travels in Indonesia
- Autor
- Lewis, Norman
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Very Good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 080501960X
- ISBN 13
- 9780805019605
- Editorial
- Henry Holt & Co
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1994-04-01
- Dimensão
- 9x6x1
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Travel;
- X weight
- 20 oz
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