by Loung Ung · EMBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416087242
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In 'First They Killed My Father', Loung Ung narrates her experience during the civil war in Cambodia, where she lost her parents and siblings at the hands of the Khmer Rouge. Trained as a child soldier, Loung managed to flee and obtain asylum in the United States, from where she fights for the rights of Cambodians. This moving story, which has gone around the world, was also adapted into a film by Angelina Jolie.
Loung Ung is a Cambodian-American human-rights activist, lecturer, former child soldier and national spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World from 1997 to 2003. She has served in the same capacity for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which is affiliated with the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation.
