This is a subject I don't know a whole lot about (besides watching the Killing Fields decades ago). I was particularly moved by the Preface, where the author references what Elie Wiesel said regarding the Jewish Holocaust: "giving up the responsibility to remember would be to consign the victims to a second death, this time from
the collective memory of society. It would be a denial of reality, as if all
those inexcusable crimes never happened. As if the element of human
nature which allowed them to occur had left us." I felt it was my responsibility to educate myself about the history of Cambodia. The story didn't begin with a bang, and the beginning chapter provided was a bit slow, but I'm sure it will get intense quickly.
the collective memory of society. It would be a denial of reality, as if all
those inexcusable crimes never happened. As if the element of human
nature which allowed them to occur had left us." I felt it was my responsibility to educate myself about the history of Cambodia. The story didn't begin with a bang, and the beginning chapter provided was a bit slow, but I'm sure it will get intense quickly.