The Stones Cry Out (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Molyda Szymusiak
- First Published: 1984
- Time of Work: 1975–1980
- Setting: Phnom Penh, Prek Heng, Viel Trumph, Don Trieh, Kat Holet, Phum Mras Preu, Vat Chas, Vat Thmey, and Battambang, Cambodia; and Paris, France
- Principal Characters: Molyda Szymusiak, Ton Ny, Srei Peu, Sy Neang, Met Nang, Met Nem, Met Reth, Vantha, Mitia Mir/Met Vong
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Communism or communists, Adolescence, Autobiography, Rural or country life, Asia or Asians, Death or dying, Torture, Cambodia or Cambodians, Genocide
- Locales: Paris, France, Cambodia
Form and Content
In The Stones Cry Out: A Cambodian Childhood, 1975–1980, Molyda Szymusiak presents an account of her childhood in Cambodia after Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge ousted Lon Nol and Prince Sihinouk. The book is divided into six sections, with multiple chapters and an epilogue. The book opens on April 15, 1975, and concludes in 1980, with the author’s arrival in Paris.
Szymusiak begins the book with the fall of Cambodia to the Khmer Rouge in 1975, describing her family’s flight from Phnom Penh to the countryside. Initially, her family believed that...
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