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'Beyond the killing fields and the temples of Angkor Wat is Cambodia: a country with a genocidal past and a wide, open smile. A frontier land where anything is possible - at least for Western expatriates. In these loosely linked stories, Laura Jean McKay takes us deep into this complex country, exploring the uneasy spaces where local and foreign lives meet.Three backpackers board a train, ignoring the danger signs - and find themselves used as bargaining chips in a terrible game.A jaded expat, tired of real girls, falls in love with an ancient statue.As they explore the sweltering streets of Phnom Penh, two Australian tourists come face to face with the cracks in their marriage.There are devastating re-imaginings of the country's troubled history, as well as tender, funny moments of tentative understanding. These are bold and haunting stories, deftly told.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: For Tom, who shares my stories. And for Cambodian writers - past, present and future.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Never Mind the Earworm, Read This Book
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , April vol. 18 no. 1 2014;
— Review of Holiday in Cambodia 2013 selected work short story -
Conversations Tinged With Memories of Country's Catastrophic Past
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 November 2013; (p. 18-19)
— Review of Holiday in Cambodia 2013 selected work short story -
Holidaying in Cambodia
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 22 September 2013; (p. 13) The Canberra Times , 22 September 2013; The Age , 22 September 2013;
— Review of Holiday in Cambodia 2013 selected work short story
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Holidaying in Cambodia
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 22 September 2013; (p. 13) The Canberra Times , 22 September 2013; The Age , 22 September 2013;
— Review of Holiday in Cambodia 2013 selected work short story -
Conversations Tinged With Memories of Country's Catastrophic Past
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 November 2013; (p. 18-19)
— Review of Holiday in Cambodia 2013 selected work short story -
Never Mind the Earworm, Read This Book
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , April vol. 18 no. 1 2014;
— Review of Holiday in Cambodia 2013 selected work short story
Awards
- 2015 shortlisted Asher Literary Award
- 2014 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Australian Short Story Collection - Steele Rudd Award
- 2014 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Glenda Adams Award for New Writing
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