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Chargement... Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behindpar Loung Ung
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I like this better than "First They Killed My Father". The interval between this book and Luong's experiences is shorter than when she wrote the first book, so the raw emotions come across more honestly and viscerally. The alternating of perspectives with her sister also brings across clearly the impact of the Khmer Rouge on the Cambodians, especially on those left behind. Luong's relatives in Cambodia had to contend with illness, death and the horrors of bombs exploding. I am sure readers are glad when the family was reunited, and the lives of her relatives got better. ( ) This second book shows the post-traumatic reaction more explicitly, and is more interior and emotional. This may be in part a result of reader feedback, or the growing maturity and self-awareness of the child protagonist, or an adaptation to Western narrative style. Reading In the Shadow of the Banyan, which has been fictionalized from the author's experience, I noticed much more lyricism and emotional depth. I see this as evidence of the shift in genres--fiction allows for a more poetic narrative that is also tidier and less picaresque. Ung, Chanrithy Him, and others relating their Khmer Rouge genocide experiences generally have a tone of reportage and tell the story autobiographically (this happened, then this) rather than as a plot. My guess is that this reflects Cambodian storytelling style for this kind of event. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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After enduring years of hunger, deprivation, and devastating loss at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, ten-year-old Loung Ung became the "lucky child," the sibling chosen to accompany her eldest brother to America while her one surviving sister and two brothers remained behind. In this poignant and elegiac memoir, Loung recalls her assimilation into an unfamiliar new culture while struggling to overcome dogged memories of violence and the deep scars of war. In alternating chapters, she gives voice to Chou, the beloved older sister whose life in war-torn Cambodia so easily could have been hers. Highlighting the harsh realities of chance and circumstance in times of war as well as in times of peace, Lucky Child is ultimately a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and to the salvaging strength of family bonds. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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