After They Killed Our Father - A Refugee From Killing Fields Reunites With Sister She Left Behind

Informationen zum Autor Loung Ung Klappentext In 1980, at the age of ten, Loung Ung escaped a devastated Cambodia and flew to the US as a refugee. She and her eldest brother, with whom she escaped, left behind their three surviving siblings, and her book is alternately heart-wrenching and heart-warming, as it follows the parallel lives of Loung and her closest sister, Chou, during the 15 years it took for them to be reunited. Their two worlds were very different, and Loung's depiction of the contrast between her life in the affluent West and that of her sister, who navigated her way through landmine-strewn fields and survived raids by the Khmer Rouge, is laced with the guilt she feels about being the lucky one. This powerful story helps us to understand what happens when a family is torn apart by politics, adversity and war. It is also the compelling and inspirational tale of a remarkable woman. Zusammenfassung In 1980, at the age of ten, Loung Ung escaped a devastated Cambodia and flew to the US as a refugee. She and her eldest brother, with whom she escaped, left behind their three surviving siblings. This book follows the parallel lives of Loung and her closest sister, Chou, during the 15 years it took for them to be reunited.

Product details

• Authors: Loung Ung, Ung Loung
• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.03.2008
• EAN: 9781845963088
• ISBN: 978-1-84596-308-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Cambodia, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, History and Archaeology, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General