River of Time (Paperback)

Jon Swain

ISBN 10: 0749320206 / ISBN 13: 9780749320201

Published by Vintage Publishing, London, 1996

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Paperback. 'A romantic, evocative and touching book, the story of a young man's coming-of-age in the shocking but desperately alluring war zones of Cambodia and Vietnam' Sunday TelegraphBetween 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film, The Killing Fields, lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and the way in which the tumultuous events affected his perceptions of life and death as Europe never could. He also describes the beauty of the Mekong landscape - the villages along its banks, surrounded by mangoes, bananas and coconuts, and the exquisite women, the odours of opium, and the region's other face - that of violence and corruption. Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film, The Killing Fields, lived in the lands of the Mekong river. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: River of Time (Paperback)
• Publisher: Vintage Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749320206
• ISBN 13: 9780749320201
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

River of Time

About the Author

Jon Swain has won several British press awards for his reporting at home and abroad, most recently in the Far East, and is on the staff of the Sunday Times.