Sri Daoruang has placed the familiar characters of the Ramakian
The photographs and commentary in this book offer us an intriguing insight into the cultural tapestry of Laos
”—Professor Michael Herzfeld
and seeds of Coix lachryma-jobi (Job's tears): (back) Karen woman making roofing "shingles" from the leaves of Phrynium capitatum
Case studies and analysis from Asia and Europe
Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison India Sri Daoruang has placed theIn January 1979, at the end of their two year war against Pol Pots Khmer Rouge, Vietnamese troops captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. As they entered the city, they came upon the grounds of a former high school where they discovered the bodies of several recently murdered men and a huge, hastily abandoned archive. The site had been a prison, code named S 21, where in just under 4 years, some 14,000 men, women and children had been