Veasna Tian
Veasna Tian - The Year Of The Rabbit - Paperback
Veasna Tian - The Year Of The Rabbit - Paperback
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Description: One family's quest to survive the devastation of the Khmer Rouge" Striking and moving The comics form allows readers to understand through chronological progression and a close view how horror can become the stuff of the everyday." The New York Times Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family's desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized power in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Immediately after declaring victory in the war they set about evacuating the country's major cities with the brutal ruthlessness and disregard for humanity that characterized the regime ultimately responsible for the deaths of one million citizens. Cartoonist Tian Veasna was born just three days after the Khmer Rouge takeover as his family set forth on the chaotic mass exodus from Phnom Penh. Year of the Rabbit is based on firsthand accounts all told from the perspective of his parents and other close relatives. Stripped of any money or material possessions Veasna's family found themselves exiled to the barren countryside along with thousands of others where food was scarce and brutal violence a constant threat. Year of the Rabbit shows the reality of life in the work camps where Veasna's family bartered for goods where children were instructed to spy on their parents and where reading was proof positive of being a class traitor. Constantly on the edge of annihilation they realized there was only one choice they had to escape Cambodia and become refugees. Veasna has created a harrowing deeply personal account of one of the twentieth century's greatest tragedies.
Title: The Year Of The Rabbit
Author(s): Veasna Tian
Publisher: Drawn And Quarterly
Barcode: 9781770463769
Pages: 384 Pages, Full Colour Throughout
Publication Date: 1/21/2020
Category: Graphic Novels
Description: One family's quest to survive the devastation of the Khmer Rouge" Striking and moving The comics form allows readers to understand through chronological progression and a close view how horror can become the stuff of the everyday." The New York Times Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family's desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized power in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Immediately after declaring victory in the war they set about evacuating the country's major cities with the brutal ruthlessness and disregard for humanity that characterized the regime ultimately responsible for the deaths of one million citizens. Cartoonist Tian Veasna was born just three days after the Khmer Rouge takeover as his family set forth on the chaotic mass exodus from Phnom Penh. Year of the Rabbit is based on firsthand accounts all told from the perspective of his parents and other close relatives. Stripped of any money or material possessions Veasna's family found themselves exiled to the barren countryside along with thousands of others where food was scarce and brutal violence a constant threat. Year of the Rabbit shows the reality of life in the work camps where Veasna's family bartered for goods where children were instructed to spy on their parents and where reading was proof positive of being a class traitor. Constantly on the edge of annihilation they realized there was only one choice they had to escape Cambodia and become refugees. Veasna has created a harrowing deeply personal account of one of the twentieth century's greatest tragedies.
Title: The Year Of The Rabbit
Author(s): Veasna Tian
Publisher: Drawn And Quarterly
Barcode: 9781770463769
Pages: 384 Pages, Full Colour Throughout
Publication Date: 1/21/2020
Category: Graphic Novels
