SURVIVAL IN THE KILLING FIELDS

Best known for his academt award-winning role as dith pran in the killing fields, for haing ngor his greatest performance was not in hollywood but in the rice paddies and labour camps of war-torn cambodia. here, in his memoir of life under the khmer rouge, is a searing account of a country´s descent into hell. his was a world of war slaves and execution squads, of senseless brutality and mind-numbing torture; where families ceased to be and only a very special love could soar above the squalor, starvation and disease. an eyewitness account of the real killing fields by an extraordinary survivor, this book is a reminder of the horrors of war - and a testament to the enduring human spirit.