- Childhood and youth, Political atrocities, Politics and government, Cambodia, politics and government
From a childhood survivor of the Camdodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Loung Ung
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, Tandem Library, Perfection Learning Prebound
- Editions
- 23
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780062036544
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