A01=Chanrithy Him
Author_Chanrithy Him
cambodia
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forced labor
memoir
pol pot
political refugees
regime
survival
Product details
- ISBN 9780393322101
- Weight: 316g
- Dimensions: 140 x 211mm
- Publication Date: 17 Apr 2001
- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In a mesmerizing story, Chanrithy Him vividly recounts her trek through the hell of the "killing fields." She gives us a child's-eye view of a Cambodia where rudimentary labor camps for both adults and children are the norm and modern technology no longer exists. Death becomes a companion in the camps, along with illness. Yet through the terror, the members of Chanrithy's family remain loyal to one another, and she and her siblings who survive will find redeemed lives in America.
A Finalist for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize.
Chanrithy Him, born in 1965, lives in Eugene, Oregon, where she works for the Khmer Adolescent Project, studying post-traumatic stress disorder among Cambodians.
