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Crossing Three Wildernesses

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Crossing Three Wildernesses
AuthorU Sam Oeur
Book typeMemoir
First published2005
PublisherCoffee House Press
SubjectsLiterature & Storytelling; History & Remembrance; Religion & Spiritual Life
Creator pagesU Sam Oeur

Crossing Three Wildernesses is a memoir by U Sam Oeur, first published in 2005. (Wikipedia)

Description

This memoir recounts U Sam Oeur’s life, including his experiences during the Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge. Its title refers to three forms of death encountered by Cambodians during the regime: execution, disease and starvation. The book also calls for peace and democracy. (Wikipedia)

Publication and editions

It is described as the first memoir by a pre-Khmer Rouge Cambodian government official. Ken McCullough translated the book. (Wikipedia; Medellín International Poetry Festival)

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