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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by Loung Ung
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060193328
- ISBN 13
- 9780060193324
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins, 2000. SIGNED & DATED. 1st/3rd. VG/F. Stated First Edition. Third printing with number line ending in 3. Signed by Loung Ung and dated 2/2000 on the half-title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp tips, and clean boards. Mild crease to spine top. Textblock is Very Good. No writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Faint soiling to top and side fore-edges and stain/red endpaper bleed to bottom fore-edges near spine heel and at bottom of the signature page (see photos). Dust jacket is unclipped ($23.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
Loung Ung is a Cambodian author and childhood survivor of Democratic Kampuchea. This is her personal account of her experiences during the Khmer Rouge regime. In 2017, Netflix released a film with the same title, produced and directed by Angelina Jolie.
Synopsis
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers is a 2000 nonfiction book written by a Cambodian author and survivor of the Pol Pot regime Loung Ung. It is a personal account of her experiences during the Khmer Rouge years.
Reviews
On Jul 29 2018, a reader said:
An amazing story of strength, survival, bravery, and family during such a terrible ordeal. Very difficult to put into words but she pours her heart out and tells an incredible story from beginning to end.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2323
- Title
- First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
- Author
- Loung Ung
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition - Later Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060193328
- ISBN 13
- 9780060193324
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Books;
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