{"product_id":"the-elimination-a-survivor-of-the-khmer-rouge-confronts-his-past-and-the-commandant-of-the-killing-fields-9781635425581","title":"The Elimination: A survivor of the Khmer Rouge confronts his past and the commandant of the killing fields","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally acclaimed director of \u003ci\u003eS-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, a survivor's breathtaking autobiography that grapples with the horrors of dictatorship and genocide, now with a new introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRithy Panh was only thirteen years old when the Khmer Rouge expelled his family from Phnom Penh in 1975. In the months and years that followed, his entire family was executed, starved, or worked to death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty years later, after having become a respected filmmaker, Rithy Panh decides to question one of the men principally responsible for the genocide, Comrade Duch, who's neither an ordinary person nor a demon--he's an educated organizer, a slaughterer who talks, forgets, lies, explains, and works on his legacy. This confrontation unfolds into an exceptional narrative of human history and an examination of the nature of evil.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Elimination\u003c\/i\u003e stands among the essential works that document the immense tragedies of the twentieth century, with Primo Levi's \u003ci\u003eIf This Is a Man\u003c\/i\u003e and Elie Wiesel's \u003ci\u003eNight\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635425581\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Rithy Panh, Christophe Bataille","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45130977935541,"sku":"9781635425581","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ef3ba6a4-7a3c-4cf7-b916-faaa24230333.jpg?v=1740460157","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-elimination-a-survivor-of-the-khmer-rouge-confronts-his-past-and-the-commandant-of-the-killing-fields-9781635425581","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}