First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

ISBN-13: 9781840185195 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 304 str.

Loung Ung

Opis

From a childhood survivor of Cambodia's brutal Pol Pot regime comes a narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit.

Recenzje

So sharp with pain that when I read it, the words plunged into me like a knife Jon Swain Sunday Times

O autorze

Loung Ung's debut memoir, First They Killed My Father, was an international bestseller. It is now being made into a film which will be co-written and directed by Angelina Jolie Pitt.

Loung Ung is also the author of After They Killed Our Father: A refugee from the killing fields reunites with the sister she left behind. As an author, lecturer, and activist, she has dedicated twenty years to promoting equality, human rights, and justice in her native land and worldwide. She has lectured widely to schools, universities and corporations on Cambodia, child soldiers, women and war, and landmines. She currently lives in the US.