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The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War
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“More than any other Vietnam book in recent years, The Girl in the Picture confronts us with the ceaseless, ever-compounding casualties of modern warfare.” —The San Francisco ChronicleOn June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War.This book is the story of how that photograph came to be-and the story of what happened to that girl after the camera shutter closed. Award-winning biographer Denise Chong’s portrait of Kim Phuc-who eventually defected to Canada and is now a UNESCO spokesperson-is a rare look at the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese point-of-view and one of the only books to describe everyday life in the wake of this war and to probe its lingering effects on all its participants.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.34 kg |
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| Dimensions | 2.31 × 13.23 × 3.61 cm |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 400 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 2001-8-1 |
| Imprint | |
| Publication City/Country | USA |
| ISBN 10 | 0140280219 |
| About The Author | Denise Chong is the author of The Concubine's Children (Viking and Penguin), a Book-of-the-Month Club selection. She is the editor of The Penguin Anthology of Stories by Canadian Women and lives in Ottawa, Ontario, with her husband and two children. |
"An extraordinary piece of journalism." The Baltimore Sun"More than any other Vietnam book in recent years, The Girl in the Picture confronts us with the ceaseless, ever-compounding casualties of modern warfare." The San Francisco Chronicle |
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