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'The opening of Tek Heang Ya’s story expresses the fear and desperation that were ever-present in Pol Pot’s Democratic Kampuchea. Tek Heang lost both her sons, who starved to death at four and five years old.
The stories in Leaving Year Zero are compelling, vividly involving the reader in the experiences of six Khmer individuals and their unique responses to a society gone badly wrong.
All six now live highly constructive lives in Australia, bringing up families and contributing skills and understanding to the community.' (UWA Publishing)
Notes
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Dedication: To Hels, who has such good ideas.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Dislocation and Flight
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 65 no. 2 2005; (p. 134-140)
— Review of Night Thoughts in Time of War 2004 selected work diary ; Leaving Year Zero : stories of surviving Pol Pot's Cambodia 2004 single work biography ; Jing Shui Liu Shen 2004 single work autobiography -
Finding Order and Meaning Amid Horror and Bloodshed
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 December 2004; (p. 19)
— Review of Leaving Year Zero : stories of surviving Pol Pot's Cambodia 2004 single work biography -
In Short : Non-Fiction
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 December 2004; (p. 13)
— Review of Core of My Heart, My Country : Women's Sense of Place and the Land in Australia & Canada 2004 single work criticism ; Leaving Year Zero : stories of surviving Pol Pot's Cambodia 2004 single work biography -
Survivors of the Killing Fields
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 October 2004; (p. 8)
— Review of Leaving Year Zero : stories of surviving Pol Pot's Cambodia 2004 single work biography
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Survivors of the Killing Fields
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 23 October 2004; (p. 8)
— Review of Leaving Year Zero : stories of surviving Pol Pot's Cambodia 2004 single work biography -
In Short : Non-Fiction
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 December 2004; (p. 13)
— Review of Core of My Heart, My Country : Women's Sense of Place and the Land in Australia & Canada 2004 single work criticism ; Leaving Year Zero : stories of surviving Pol Pot's Cambodia 2004 single work biography -
Finding Order and Meaning Amid Horror and Bloodshed
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 December 2004; (p. 19)
— Review of Leaving Year Zero : stories of surviving Pol Pot's Cambodia 2004 single work biography -
Dislocation and Flight
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 65 no. 2 2005; (p. 134-140)
— Review of Night Thoughts in Time of War 2004 selected work diary ; Leaving Year Zero : stories of surviving Pol Pot's Cambodia 2004 single work biography ; Jing Shui Liu Shen 2004 single work autobiography
Awards
- 2005 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award — Non-Fiction Prize
Last amended 4 Feb 2015 13:47:31
Subjects:
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cCambodia,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- 1970s
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