L elimination rithy panh biography

The Elimination is an autobiographical account of Rithy Panh's survival during the Pol Pot regime. It was co-written with novelist Christophe Bataille and published in 2011 by Grasset Publishing.

This book is also an essay and report that documents the one-on-one conversations between Rithy Panh and Duch, a former Khmer Rouge officer.^[1] To better represent the Khmer Rouge regime and to further influence the reader's mind, Rithy Pan juxtaposed his own personal story with the interviews with Duch^[2]

Rithy Panh's testimony is in line with the most famous, such as Primo Levi and Claude Lanzmann.

Using a detailed analysis of the horrors committed by the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979, the Elimination reflects the totalitarian regime that claimed the lives of more than 1.7 million people.^[3]

An English translation by John Cullen was published in 2015 by Other Press.

The author

Rithy Panh is a Cambodian director and writer b