false 6098557 2 This story of passionate love between a Canadian and her Cambodian lover evokes their tumultuous relationship in a world of colliding values. Set against the backdrop of horrific loss, these two self-exiled lovers struggle to recreate themselves in a world that rejects their hopes. Spare, unrelenting, and moving, The Disappeared is an unforgettable consideration of love, language, justice, and memory set against the backdrop of the killing fields of Pol Pot. 6275721 3 3 2009 The Disappeared total:27|5:4|4:10|3:12|2:0|1:1| 27 97 80 11 6098557 0670069086 9780670069088 27 11 3.59 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098557.The_Disappeared 3 0 false Sun Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 07:46:45 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 07:48:40 -0800 2009 The Disappeared disappoints

A review by Ben Antao


The reason I chose to buy and read The Disappeared, the 2009 Giller short-listed novel, is that I expected the author Kim Echlin, 54, would supply a few insights into the Cambodian war of the 70s and 80s. Instead,...more...]]> 6098557 0670069086 9780670069088 27 11 3.59 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098557.The_Disappeared 4 1 false Mon Jun 15 16:22:34 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 16:26:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098557 0670069086 9780670069088 27 11 3.59 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098557.The_Disappeared 4 1 false Sat Oct 10 23:52:04 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 05:10:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098557 0670069086 9780670069088 27 11 3.59 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098557.The_Disappeared 4 2 false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 05:32:08 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 15:30:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098557 0670069086 9780670069088 27 11 3.59 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098557.The_Disappeared 4 0 false Tue Aug 18 20:56:07 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 21:00:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098557 0670069086 9780670069088 27 11 3.59 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098557.The_Disappeared 3 0 false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 16:44:55 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 18:17:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6098557 0670069086 9780670069088 27 11 3.59 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098557.The_Disappeared 3 0 false Thu Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 11:50:24 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 07:52:29 -0800 2009 6098557 0670069086 9780670069088 27 11 3.59 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098557.The_Disappeared 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 15:05:03 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 15:08:58 -0700 2009 6098557 0670069086 9780670069088 27 11 3.59 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6098557.The_Disappeared 3 1 false Thu Jul 23 10:25:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 09:42:04 -0700 2009 A passionate love story set in Montreal and Cambodia in the 1970s.
A little too graphic for me when she describes the genocide in Cambodia-
haunting.
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