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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

Loung Ung

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May 26, 2020 Ester Durães rated it it was amazing

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• PAÍS: Cambodja •

“Primeiro mataram o meu pai” é o livro autobiográfico que conta a história de Loung Ung e da sua família na tentativa de escapar e sobreviver ao regime ditatorial de Pol Pot no Cambodja.

Loung, filha de um oficial de alto escalão do governo cambodjano, pertencente a uma família de classe média, vê a sua vida mudar drasticamente em Abril de 1975, quando se instaura no país o regime comunista extremista do Khmer Rouge.

Os soldados do regime tomam conta das cidades (incluindo ...more

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Nov 21, 2018 Livia Terra rated it really liked it

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This is an amazing book about a gruesome historical event, the Cambodian genocide perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge in the 70's. I'm still wondering how a story about this topic can be so enjoyable, considering that I am not a sociopath and don't get joy on other people's problems. I guess the author's choice to tell the story in the present, with the voice of the little girl she was during the regime might be part of the reason. It is devastating to watch a child endure such horrible events, but a ...more

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