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When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
Chanrithy Him
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Description for When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
Paperback. 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." Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 black and whtie illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMC; 1FMV; BGA; HBJF; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 268.
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 story, Him vividly recounts a Cambodia where rudimentary labor camps are the norm and technology, such as cars and electricity, no longer exists. Death becomes a companion at the camps, along with illness. Yet through the terror, Chanrithy's family remains loyal to one another despite the Khmer Rouge's demand of ... Read more
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 story, Him vividly recounts a Cambodia where rudimentary labor camps are the norm and technology, such as cars and electricity, no longer exists. Death becomes a companion at the camps, along with illness. Yet through the terror, Chanrithy's family remains loyal to one another despite the Khmer Rouge's demand of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
301g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393322101
SKU
V9780393322101
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About Chanrithy Him
Chanrithy Him, born in 1965, lives in Eugene, Oregon, where she works for the Khmer Adolescent Project, studying post-traumatic stress disorder among Cambodians.
Reviews for When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
A touching and illuminating human account and should not be missed by anyone around the world.
Le Ly Hayslip, author of When Heaven and Earth Changed Places Astonishing and heartbreaking...Written in spare, visual prose that makes the world it describes tangible.
Katherine A. Powers - Boston Globe There are few books that give a ... Read more
Le Ly Hayslip, author of When Heaven and Earth Changed Places Astonishing and heartbreaking...Written in spare, visual prose that makes the world it describes tangible.
Katherine A. Powers - Boston Globe There are few books that give a ... Read more