Publications Publications Puzzling Pavilion
What is the origin of the "Iron Palace", often called "Napoleon" or "Suez", erected in the precinct of the Royal Palace of Cambodia in the 1860s or 1870s?Books L'exotisme indochinois dans la litterature francaise depuis 1860 (2 vol) [Indochinese Exoticism in French Literature since 1860]
A pioneering study on French colonial literature and 'exoticism' from 1860 to the 1930s.Publications One Hundred Years of Solipsism: The Malraux Case Revisited
One century later, André Malraux's raid on Banteay Srei bas-reliefs is still raising interest and controversy.Images Visions of Southeast Asia by....Louis Gascuel
A rare photographic account on Saigon, Cambodia, Laos and Singapore dating back from 1904, by a civil engineer and talented amateur photographer.Books Charlot
A work of fiction on Charlie Chaplin's 1936 visit to Angkor, and why the mysterious trip keeps eluding us.Images Visions of Cambodian Dance selected by...Raymond Cogniat
Some wondrous black-and-white photographs of dancers in Cambodia, Laos, Annam and Tonkin (Vietnam), shot in the 1920s.Books Danses d'Indochine [Dances of Indochina]
An enlightening reflexion on Southeast Asian dances, and in particular on Cambodian court dance.Publications Un voyage au Laos [A Journey into Laos]
A short yet vivid description of Laos in the 1920s, with references to Angkor-related legends.Books André Malraux: The Indochina Adventure
A laudatory, one-sided, study on the less than two years André Malraux spent in then Indochina, from December 1923 to December 1925.Publications Voyage au Cambodge, 1945-1946
A powerful description of post-World War II Cambodia, with a French administration in turmoil and a suffering population.