Lands of Charm and Cruelty by Stan Sesser

Lands of Charm and Cruelty by Stan Sesser

Five probing, "beautifully observed" essays (William Shawcross, author of The Queen Mother) that explores The New Yorker writer's politically savvy travels throughout Southeast Asia. * "An absorbing introduction to a region that remains a mystery to most Americans."--The Boston Globe

Borneo--a magnificent island rain forest where the gentle Penan people, some of the world's last hunter-gatherers, are waging a campaign of nonviolent resistance against rapacious timber companies; Singapore--a gleaming capitalist Eden where chewing gum is illegal and a political prisoner serves out his sentence in a theme park; Laos--a land still haunted by the periodic detonation of Vietnam War-era bombs along the Ho Chi Minh Trail and where a Buddhist perestroika blossoms after decades of Communist oppression.
 
These are "the lands of charm and cruelty" that Stan Sesser renders with such immediacy and insight in his reports from Southeast Asia. His book is a rare and illuminating look at one of the most fascinating places in the world--a place of tyranny and repression that is also a place of beautiful people who warmly welcome the visitor, of ancient cultural traditions that still thrive today, and of great religious relics and works of art. The Lands of Charm and Cruelty: Travels in Southeast Asia is an enlightening, politically savvy, exotic journey of discovery.

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ISBN 13	9780679742395
ISBN 10	0679742395
Title	Lands of Charm and Cruelty
Author	Stan Sesser
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1994-06-28
Number of pages	340
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