This captivating memoir of a young man's daring escape from his life under Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge regime will leave readers utterly engrossed until the final page.
Forced from his home with his family, teenager Mae Taing struggles to endure years of constant starvation, backbreaking labor, and ruthless cruelty from his captors. Undaunted, he retains hope and unflagging perseverance, eventually immigrating to the United States as a refugee, escaping the horrors of the Cambodian genocide-an atrocity that the world must never forget.
As readers root for Mae to survive the impossible, they will be awestruck by the depth of determination behind his struggle to escape Pol Pot's murderous tyranny and will be inspired by the power of an indomitable human will. This beautifully written memoir is not only an incredible story of survival, but provides a common recognition that in all humans exists a spirit that can break free from the imprisonment of fear and hurt.
Under the Naga Tail will undoubtedly find its deserved place among the most epic true stories of survival and triumph.
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 162 mm
Dicke: 26 mm
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979-8-88645-018-7 (9798886450187)
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Mae Bunseng Taing is a survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. He has been featured in the HAAPI Film Festival award-winning documentary Ghost Mountain. He lives in Connecticut and has run a full-time home painting business for more than thirty years.
James Taing is the founder of the Preah Vihear Foundation, a nonprofit that advocates for preserving the history of refugee rescue in Cambodia and the greater French Indochina region in the 1970s. He began writing Under the Naga Tail with his father while a college student. When not spending his time in the world of refugees, he works in risk and finance in the metro New York area.
