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Point of No Return

Praises for Point of No Return

A fascinating look at the world through the eyes of a war correspondent a world few of us know.

~ Eve Jackson (France24)

"POINT OF NO RETURN shows the world through the eyes of a war correspondent, working in conflict zones avoided by the mainstream media, unveiling the dire state of todays world, its disparities and brutal post-colonial arrangement including the imperialist push for Western hegemony. Point of No Return is one of the great novels of the 21st century. It deserves a wide readership and serious critical appraisal. Over a half century ago, in his important book "American Moderns - From Rebellion to Conformity," the great literary critic Maxwell Geismar noted that "Our best literary work has come from writers who are outside [the dominant] intellectual orbit, where [capitalist] panic has slowly subsided into inertia." Geismar anticipates Vltchek. Point of No Return explodes from that vital realm far beyond hegemonic control.

~ Tony Christini

Point of No Return is riveting.

~ Paulin Cesari (Le Figaro)

Andr Vltchek is a writer, the real thing, of the same calibre and breed as Hemingway and Malraux.

~ Catherine Merveilleux

This gripping novel blends fiction and autobiography; it reflects the experience of the author as a war correspondent while drawing the portrait of a globalized world coming apart at the seams. A political novel after the fashion of Malraux it is also a meditation on the state of the world (and of literature), and a raucous escapade to the far corners of the globe.

~ Le Grand Soir

Iconoclastic Adventurer: The lives of great reporters are fascinating. Long before establishing his credentials as a poet, essayist, documentary filmmaker and even a novelist, Andre Vltchek, was a journalist. Donning this hat once again, he revisits his years as an intrepid reporter...

~ Caroline Mangez (Paris Match)

An exhilarating wallop of a novel that flattens quite a few ides reues .

~ Thierry Mntrier (Paris Normandie)

This book is an extraordinary testimonial to the end of the 20th century and the life of a man who is both humble and altogether exceptional (in his approach to existence, the positions he takes and the life that he leads), as well as that of his contemporaries. A heavy favourite!

~ www.laculturesepartage.over-blog.com

A serious piece of writing endowed with great sincerity, portraying a unique life experience that leaves us feeling forlorn even as it pulls us along in its wake.

~ Nathalie Zylberman - Valle FM

Once again, its the context that makes the book. It is quite simply mind-boggling. Andre Vltchek knows very well what hes talking about (). It is a book that cannot fail to move, a rich, strong and dense tale, by all means get a hold of a copy for an intelligent read!

~ Yves Mabon

An instructive and brilliant book that forces the reader to face the question: What sort of world are we leaving to our children? How could we ever justify ourselves? How far are we willing to go to change it?

~ Valrie Revelut

Quite simply a masterpiece All of the absurdity of our society, its lack of humanity and sense blows up in our face All readers will feel touched by this narrative that speaks of liberty, choice and our place in the world.

~ Stephanie Morelli

A splendid novel that will leave no one cold. The author skilfully takes us along on a mysterious and sorrowful journey. A gripping read.

~ Patrick Martinez - Radio Coteaux

A searching look at weighty questions on man and his destructive and at the same time rebellious proclivities, on the role of information, on the intoxication of an engagement that is also heart-rending and paradoxical for this great reporter. Vibrant!

~ Luc Monge - La Savoie

Part fiction, part autobiography, this book recounts the life story of a great reporter, the kind who takes risks to get a story or a photo spread while so many of his colleagues make their fortune filling up the gossip pages of magazines. Its the grandeur and poverty of journalism.

~ Roland Franoise

Andr Vltchek offers an unsparing portrait of the world we live in. With his provocative outlook, he lays bare a situation that is really quite simple, and did not begin yesterday Although this book does not raise easy questions, it is indeed easy to read, thanks to the wit and subtlety of its author.

~ Franoise Bachelet

Vltchek has written a colourful and elegantly crafted novel with a political stance that will engage some and provoke others but is always heart-felt and sincere.

~ Lila Rajiva

This book is teeming with reflections on our modern world. It raises questions on violence and war, but also on political strategy and the suffering of the ordinary people who put up with it all It is a most instructive book, and one that allows for a better understanding of international politics. One thing is for certain; a trip around the world in 374 pages is too good a deal to turn down.

~ Column by Iluze

Point of No Return

Andre Vltchek

PT. Badak Merah Semesta

2018

POINT OF NO RETURN

Copyright 2018 by Andre Vltchek

All rights reserved

This book is a work of fiction.

All characters are fictional.

Cover photo by: Alejandro Wagner Molina

(the World Trade Center prior to 9-11-2001)

Cover Design by: Rossie Indira

Layout by: Rossie Indira

First e-book edition, 2018

Published by PT. Badak Merah Semesta

Jl. Madrasah Azziyadah 16, Jakarta

http://badak-merah.weebly.com

email: badak.merah.press@gmail.com

Mis pasos en esta calle

Resuenan

En otra calle

Donde

Oigo mis pasos

Pasar en esta calle

Donde

Solo es real la niebla.

~ Octavio Paz

The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.

~ Samuel Beckett

Part I

A Palestinian man stood in the middle of a dusty road in Rafah refugee camp. Next to him stood his donkey. The man was old and so was the donkey.

Israelis fired air-to-ground missiles from helicopters. The earth shook while the old man stood in the middle of the road, blissfully indifferent to what was happening around him.

I liked his face. It was a good face, covered by wrinkles, not very expressive but good nevertheless. I took photographs of him and then we stood there, looking at each other. I greeted him in English and in Arabic and he answered though we knew there could be no serious conversation between us. We belonged to different worlds. I had come to learn and to see and to write, while he was here to stay.

He was a gentle man it was obvious from the way he treated his donkeystroking its mane, resting the palm of his hand on the animal's neck. Donkeys in Gaza pulled old overloaded two-wheel carts and they looked exhausted, overworked and hungry. The old man did not use his donkey for anything in particular, it was simply his companion. It was easy to sell donkeys in Gaza even old animals were put to work. But these two were used to each other: an old man and his beast.

We walked together for a few minutes. They were my silent guides in Rafah refugee camp. We did not try to speak, the surroundings were explicit enough, no need for words. I took several rolls of film while they watched me working. We spotted small stalls on a sidewalk and I stopped and ordered two cups of tea. The weather was hot and humid.

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