Bibliograph

Surviving year zero, my four years under the Khmer Rouge, Sovannora Ieng with Greg Hill

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Surviving year zero, my four years under the Khmer Rouge, Sovannora Ieng with Greg Hill

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Surviving year zero

Responsibility statement

Sovannora Ieng with Greg Hill

Sub title

my four years under the Khmer Rouge

Summary

Annotation., Surviving Year Zero is the story of one young man, yet it is the story of millions of people. It tells of how Sovannora Ieng lived through the genocide that tore at the heart of Cambodia in the 1970s. Sovannora survived in an environment where survival was barely possible. He and his family experienced starvation, backbreaking labour and constant surveillance. They learnt to be silent in a world where a casual remark could be turned into a sentence of death. Sovannora's experiences under the Khmer Rouge remind us of the terrible things that we humans have done to each other, and his eventual escape to Australia is a testament to his resilience and ingenuity in the face of constant danger. Sovannora Ieng escaped from Cambodia to Thailand as a refugee before migrating to Australia

Target audience

adult

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