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- catalog abstract ""This extraordinary book contains eyewitness accounts of life in Cambodia during Pol Pot's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 to 1979, accounts written by survivors who were children at the time. The memoirs were gathered by Dith Pran, whose own experiences in Cambodia were so graphically portrayed in the film The Killing Fields." "These testimonies bear shattering witness to the slaughter committed by the Khmer Rouge. The contributors - most of them now living in the United States and pictured in photographs that accompany their stories - report on life in Democratic Kampuchea as seen through children's eyes. They speak of their bewilderment and pain as Khmer Rouge cadres tore their families apart, subjected them to brainwashing, drove them from their homes to work in forced-labor camps, and executed captives in front of them. Their stories tell of suffering, the loss of innocence, the struggle to survive against all odds, and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10193046.
- catalog contributor b10193047.
- catalog contributor b10193048.
- catalog coverage "Cambodia History 1975-".
- catalog coverage "Cambodia History 1975-1979.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""This extraordinary book contains eyewitness accounts of life in Cambodia during Pol Pot's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 to 1979, accounts written by survivors who were children at the time. The memoirs were gathered by Dith Pran, whose own experiences in Cambodia were so graphically portrayed in the film The Killing Fields." "These testimonies bear shattering witness to the slaughter committed by the Khmer Rouge. The contributors - most of them now living in the United States and pictured in photographs that accompany their stories - report on life in Democratic Kampuchea as seen through children's eyes. They speak of their bewilderment and pain as Khmer Rouge cadres tore their families apart, subjected them to brainwashing, drove them from their homes to work in forced-labor camps, and executed captives in front of them. Their stories tell of suffering, the loss of innocence, the struggle to survive against all odds, and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Songs my enemy taught me / Sophiline Cheam Shapiro -- A letter to my mother / Chaith Piersath -- Worms from our skin / Teeda Butt Mam -- One spoon of rice / Youkimny Chan -- Memoir of a child's nightmare / Sopheap K. Hang -- New year's surprise / Sreytouch Svay-Ryser -- The dark years of my life / Savuth Penn -- Jail without walls / Charles Ok -- Witnessing the horror / Moly Ly -- The unfortunate Cambodia / Sarom Prak -- Living in the darkness / Roeun Sam -- A four-year-old's view of the Khmer Rouge / Sarah P. Tun -- The tragedy of my homeland / Hurt, pain, and suffering / Ratha Duong -- The darkness of my experience / Khuon Kiv -- Survival in spite of fear / Gen L. Lee -- Pol Pot / Susie Hem -- A bitter life / Ouk Villa -- The unplanned journey / Hong A. Chork -- Motherland / Vibolreth Bou -- My mother's courage / Arn Yan -- Escaping the horror / Rith Mean -- When the owl cries / Chanrithy Him -- The end of childhood / Seath K. Teng -- My sadness / Darith Keo -- Life in communism / Dave Lonh -- The nightmare / Hamson c. Taing -- Imprinting compassion / Sophea Mouth -- The Tonle Sap Lake massacre / Ronnie Yimsut.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 199 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300068395 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Monograph series (Yale University. Southeast Asia Studies)".
- catalog isPartOf "Yale Southeast Asia studies monograph series".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Cambodia History 1975-".
- catalog spatial "Cambodia History 1975-1979.".
- catalog spatial "Cambodia".
- catalog spatial "Cambodia.".
- catalog subject "959.604/2 21".
- catalog subject "Children Cambodia Biography.".
- catalog subject "DS554.8 .C46 1997".
- catalog subject "Political atrocities Cambodia.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Songs my enemy taught me / Sophiline Cheam Shapiro -- A letter to my mother / Chaith Piersath -- Worms from our skin / Teeda Butt Mam -- One spoon of rice / Youkimny Chan -- Memoir of a child's nightmare / Sopheap K. Hang -- New year's surprise / Sreytouch Svay-Ryser -- The dark years of my life / Savuth Penn -- Jail without walls / Charles Ok -- Witnessing the horror / Moly Ly -- The unfortunate Cambodia / Sarom Prak -- Living in the darkness / Roeun Sam -- A four-year-old's view of the Khmer Rouge / Sarah P. Tun -- The tragedy of my homeland / Hurt, pain, and suffering / Ratha Duong -- The darkness of my experience / Khuon Kiv -- Survival in spite of fear / Gen L. Lee -- Pol Pot / Susie Hem -- A bitter life / Ouk Villa -- The unplanned journey / Hong A. Chork -- Motherland / Vibolreth Bou -- My mother's courage / Arn Yan -- Escaping the horror / Rith Mean -- When the owl cries / Chanrithy Him -- The end of childhood / Seath K. Teng -- My sadness / Darith Keo -- Life in communism / Dave Lonh -- The nightmare / Hamson c. Taing -- Imprinting compassion / Sophea Mouth -- The Tonle Sap Lake massacre / Ronnie Yimsut.".
- catalog title "Children of Cambodia's killing fields : memoirs by survivors / compiled by Dith Pran ; introduction by Ben Kiernan ; edited by Kim DePaul.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".