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  • When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge

    Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge

    par Chanrithy Him ...
    Chanrithy Him felt compelled to tell of surviving life under the Khmer Rouge in a way "worthy of the suffering which I endured as a child."In the Cambodian proverb, "when broken glass floats" is the time when evil triumphs over good. That time began in 1975, when the Khmer Rouge took power in Cambodia and the Him family began their trek through the hell of the "killing fields." In a mesmerizing ... En savoir plus

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    When Broken Glass Floats

    Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge

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    "A gut-wrenching story told with honesty, restraint, and dignity." —Ha Jin, National Book Award-winning author of WaitingChanrithy Him felt compelled to tell of surviving life under the Khmer Rouge in a way "worthy of the suffering which I endured as a child."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 ... En savoir plus

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  • Once I Was a Princess

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  • Survival in the Killing Fields

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    Best known for his academy award-winning role as Dith Pran in "The Killing Fields", for Haing Ngor his greatest performance was not in Hollywood but in the rice paddies and labour camps of war-torn Cambodia. Here, in his memoir of life under the Khmer Rouge, is a searing account of a country's descent into hell. His was a world of war slaves and execution squads, of senseless brutality and mind ... En savoir plus

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  • Surviving Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge Regime

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    This is a true story about one of many family's life and death in Cambodia during The Khmer Rouge Regime. What we did to survive, to escape to a better place and hope for a better life. We've lost many family members during the bloodshed of The Khmer Rouge.The four of us were very fortunate to survive these ordeals. With luck, faith, perseverance and survival instinct, we've escaped Cambodia and ... En savoir plus

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  • The Tale Of Two Nazanins

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