Dancing In Cambodia And Other Essays

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Through extraordinary first-hand accounts Amitav Ghosh presents a compelling chronicle of the turmoil of our times. `Dancing in Cambodia? recreates the first-ever visit to Europe by a troupe of Cambodian dancers with King Sisowath, in 1906. Ghosh links this historic visit, celebrated by Rodin in a series of sketches, to the more recent history of the Khmer Rouge revolution. ?The Town by the Sea? records his experiences in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands just days after the tsunami; and in ?Septe