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Bought this for like $2 on a reflex no

>> No.21531682

>>21531677
...not sure it was worth or not

>> No.21532168

>>21531677
Yes

>> No.21532228

>>21531677
Are you a historian of Cambodia looking for pulp autoreflection catering to US elite women?

Are you an elite US woman?

>> No.21532368
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21532368

>>21531677
Picrel is a much better account of life in Democratic Kampuchea. Life as a serf under the Khmer Rouge was always harrowing however, so take your pick.

>> No.21532512

>>21532368
You can always read both.

>> No.21532521

>>21532512
I own OP's book actually, but Haing Ngor's account is probably as extreme as it gets, so anything else would be rather redundant, I think.

>> No.21532522

>>21532521
Why is extremity the basis of your interest? Because you have a literary interest? Extremity isn't necessarily historically significant.

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>>21532522
You get the whole gamut in Ngor's book, which you probably don't get from the POV of a child. Admittedly it is unique, however I haven't read it so I cannot say. I spent way too much time reading about Cambodia in winter-spring 2021 so I'm not very keen on reading anything else. Check this out though.