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Survival in the killing fields

By Roger , Ngor , Haing; Ngor , Haing; Warner

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2010
ISBN
9780786713158, 0786713151
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
605 kB (619105 bytes)
Pages
515\0
Topic
History
Time added
2018-11-11 14:07:46
Haing;Political refugees -- Cambodia -- Biography;Ngor

Description

The author, winner of an Academy Award for his role in "The Killing Fields," tells his own story of flight from the Khmer Rouge who forced him underground where he worked as a doctor at his own peril. Introduction: The prize -- Early rebellions -- Education -- Romance and coup -- Civil War -- The city of Bonjour -- The fall -- The wheel of history -- Exodus from Phnom Penh -- Wat Kien Svay Krao -- Medicine for Angka -- Return to the village -- The crocodile loses its lake -- New directions -- The plough -- Sickness -- The parade of the selfish and the dying -- Reorganization -- Bells -- Angka Leu -- The wat -- The king of death -- Candles -- The rains -- Rice farming -- The dam -- The cracks begin to show -- Drops of water -- Happiness -- Crossing the sea -- Grief -- Retreat -- Liberation -- Battambang -- The danger zone -- The locket -- Saloth Sar -- Okay, bye-bye -- To America -- Starting over -- The Killing fields -- Celebrity -- Kama -- Epilogue / by Roger Warner.

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