Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Cambodian Odyssey



A Cambodian Odyssey by Haing Ngor, Historical, New york, NY 10103, The Warner and The Macmillan Company, 1989 published. This book take you on a journey throughout Cambodia in time where it was one of the most peaceful place on earth and the most horrific place  on earth. The life and family of Haing Ngor(the author,) Ngor Kea( father,) Lim Ngor( mother,) Chang My Huoy( wife) and what he went through to survive the Khmer Rouge Regime torture. The torment he witness with little kids not even old enough to drive, carry AK-47, pistol and missile launcher, shooting random pedestrian in the head for not following order that the little kids command and the fight for communism. Haing is one strong man to endure that much pain. I learned that this book give me a great inside on what my parent went through, without the entire sugar cote. It make me look at them in a different perspective on how they, act, communicate. When he got his Doctor degree and started to save lives. I would definitely recommend this book to somebody. This book has romance, struggle, pain, evil, death.     





1 comment:

  1. Sounds very powerful. I will add it to my list of books to read.

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