A work of fiction on Charlie Chaplin's 1936 visit to Angkor, and why the mysterious trip keeps eluding us.

In English

Matrilinear and patrilinear succession lines, plus some conquerors or usurpers: the complex genealogy of pre-Angkorean and Angkorean sovereigns.

In English

A smart feminist in 1935 Angkor. Sensuality, hints to opium-enticed paradises, Bali women: "Asia lifted its curtain at the moonlit ruins of Angkor."

In English

The fascinating life of a talented photographer and a strong-willed woman spanning the whole 20th century and several continents.

In French

A magnificent art collection, presented when 'provenance' only meant speculations about dates and styles, not how rightfully (or not) artworks were bought.

In English

'Commentaries on 24 Masterpieces at the National Museum of Phnom Penh'.

In French

Pluridisciplinary, encyclopaedic, ambitious and often highly enjoyable synthesis and sum of Angkorean research to the date.

In English

Back to the intellectual and aesthetical origins of Hindu architecture and its Southeast Asian derivatives, particularly in the Khmer tradition.

In English

A personal reinterpretation of several recipes from a Cambodian culinary cookbook classic,

In English

The one and only Thai treatise on dance, a stunning collection of texts and illustrations dating back from 1790 onwards.

In Thai

Poetry, mysticism and eschatology in the Khmer inscriptions of the Angkorean period, in this inspired essay written by an Indian woman artist.

In English, Sanskrit & Old Khmer

The power-charged erotica of Indian iconography, or how "bringing beauty nearer" inspired Indian (and Khmer) sculptors.

In English

Worship of Agni (God of Fire) and fire-shrines from Khorat and Buriram to Cambodia along 'the Angkor-Phimai route".

In English

From the "Two Sacred Ladies" to the virtuous daughter of a disgraced king,, a collection of Vietnamese folktales mixing history, legends and folklore.

In English

The sequel of a popular French mystery novel reflecting a remarkable knowledge of Angkor only a few years after Henri Mouhot's 'rediscovery'.

In French

Cambodia as the ultimate land of the Creation, where all living beings converge to the revelation of the Supreme Being.

In French

Ascetes, sacred dancers and kings in a fantasy Khmer kingdom evoked by an archetypal symbolist novel.

In French

Preface to a collection of documented essays on Tantrism, particularly in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

In English

A pleasant read from a typical French 'grand reporter' of the 1930s who befriended famous journalist Albert Londres.

In French

Brief notations on the personal collection of Khmer Art gathered by Jean Moura in his Moissac house before 1879.

In French

A milestone photo report on Khmer temples completed just months before the closing-down of the country by the Khmer Rouge.

In English

On the first anniversary of H.R.H. Princess Norodom Buppha Devi's passing, we return to the splendid 'The Apsaras of Angkor' (2003).

In English & Khmer