In the Shadow of Angkor: Contemporary Writing from CambodiaNearly two million people died in Cambodia between 1975 and 1979 as a result of the Khmer Rouge’s genocidal regime. Cambodians who were educated, teachers, artists, and authors were among the first to be killed. One generation later, literature is re-emerging from the ashes. 22 photographs |
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Contents
ESSAYS | 13 |
The Diabolic Sweetness of Pol Pot | 21 |
A Search for Cambodian Literature | 27 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | In the Shadow of Angkor: Contemporary Writing from Cambodia Volume 16 of Manoa Series Volume 16, Issue 1 of Mānoa (Honolulu, Hawaii : 1989) Volume 13 of Mānoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing Volume 13 of Mānoa: A Pacific Journal |
| Editors | Frank Stewart, Sharon May |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Hawaii Press, 2004 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 15 Jun 2010 |
| ISBN | 0824828496, 9780824828493 |
| Length | 220 pages |
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