The Terrible But Unfinished Story of Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia

One of Cixous's most ambitious projects: the dramatic portrayal of the conflicts between old and new, East and West, North and South, religion and politics.

About the author

Juliet Flower MacCannell is a professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Irvine. She is author of Figuring Lacan (Nebraska, 1986). Judith Pike is an assistant professor of English at Salisbury State. Lollie Groth is now teaching in Hawaii.

Summary

Vain when a prince, as king Sihanouk discovered his responsibility to his country and came to embody Cambodia. He used every means to keep his country growing, healthy, and out of the wars of Southeast Asia. This play begins with Sihanouk's abdication in 1955 and ends with his arrest by the Khmer Rouge two decades later.

Product details

• Authors: Helene Cixous
• Assisted by: Lollie Groth (Translation), Juliet Flower MacCannell (Translation), Judith Pike (Translation)
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1994
• EAN: 9780803263611
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-6361-1
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 404 g
• Series: European Women Writers (Paperb; European Women Writers
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature