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When broken glass floats : growing up under the Khmer Rouge, a memoir
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When broken glass floats : growing up under the Khmer Rouge, a memoir

Author: Chanrithy Him
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, ©2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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A survivor of the Cambodian genocide recounts a childhood in Cambodia, where rudimentary labor camps filled with death and illness were the norm and modern technology, such as cars and electricity, no longer existed.
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Chanrithy Him; Chanrithy Him
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Chanrithy Him
ISBN: 0393048632 9780393048636
OCLC Number: 42849747
Awards: Oregon Book Award for Literary Nonfiction, 2001.
Description: 330 p. : ill., 1 map ; 22 cm.
Contents: Family Tree --
Preface: A Seed of Survival --
A Heavenly Comet Foreshadows War --
B-cinquante-deux --
A Grain of Rice on a Dog's Tail --
When Broken Glass Begins to Float --
There Are No Good-byes --
Worse Than Pigs --
Remnants of Ghosts --
When the Owl Cries --
Now I Know the Answer --
The Spirit of Survival --
A Promise --
Though a Virgin, I'm Called an Old Man --
Mass Marriage and a Forbidden Love --
When Broken Glass Sinks --
A Letter --
The Exodus --
The New Camp --
Khao I Dang Camp --
Sakeo II Camp --
Philippine Refugee Processing Center.
Responsibility: Chanrithy Him.

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A survivor of the Cambodian genocide recounts a childhood in Cambodia, where rudimentary labor camps filled with death and illness were the norm and modern technology, such as cars and electricity, no longer existed.

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