Prisoners of Class: A Historical Memoir of the Khmer Rouge Revolution by Samoeun, Chan
Prisoners of Class: A Historical Memoir of the Khmer Rouge Revolution by Samoeun, Chan

Prisoners of Class: A Historical Memoir of the Khmer Rouge Revolution

The remarkable early account of life in Pol Pot's Cambodia, now available in English translation for the...
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Author: Chan Samoeun
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Prisoners of Class: A Historical Memoir of the Khmer Rouge Revolution by Samoeun, Chan

Prisoners of Class: A Historical Memoir of the Khmer Rouge Revolution

BD$40.03
Prisoners of Class: A Historical Memoir of the Khmer Rouge Revolution by Samoeun, Chan

Prisoners of Class: A Historical Memoir of the Khmer Rouge Revolution

BD$40.03
Author: Chan Samoeun
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The remarkable early account of life in Pol Pot's Cambodia, now available in English translation for the first time


"...among the earliest, most detailed, and most vividly rendered accounts of the Khmer Rouge revolution...The book, available to English readers for the first time in Matthew Madden's sparkling translation, is a priceless new addition to the testimonial literature on the Khmer Rouge, which sheds new light on one of the greatest tragedies-indeed, crimes-of the twentieth century." -Sebastian Strangio, author of Hun Sen's Cambodia


"...stands out as the most raw, immediate, and honest of them all...a guided tour of the Killing Fields. You will never be the same after reading it." -Craig Etcheson, author of After the Killing Fields: Lessons from the Cambodian Genocide


"...a poignant and personal journey through a society turned upside down... a unique and captivating voice to a tragic chapter in Cambodian history." -Lachlan Peters, creator and host of the In the Shadows of Utopia podcast


In April 1975, Chan Samoeun witnessed columns of young black-clad revolutionaries-the Khmer Rouge-marching into Phnom Penh, Cambodia. What followed shocked everyone, as they proceeded to evacuate the city's entire population, on foot, into a new and unthinkable life of forced labor and communist collective living in the rice fields and jungles of the Cambodian countryside. There, Samoeun and his family, former city people, would live and die as virtual prisoners, re-classified by the Khmer Rouge as "new people," an expendable class targeted for abuse and destruction.


By the time the regime collapsed four years later, millions had perished, including most of his family, and the country lay in ruins. While many survivors fled for the safety of the refugee camps, Samoeun remained and picked up a pen. He wrote about his experiences in poetry and vivid prose, describing in stunning detail the fear, starvation, labor, brutality, and death-as well as young love and loss-that he had witnessed and endured. The result is both a priceless historical document and a touching and immediate account of one of the most harrowing periods of the twentieth century.





Author: Chan Samoeun
Publisher: Mekong River Press
Published: 11/24/2023
Pages: 538
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.72lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9798989177325
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