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ethics, hard work and harmonious relations – echoes
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which can be read as a prescriptive tale. Looking back in time, it also looks back with both praise and criticism at the evolution of
Cambodian society. Thus, the author is more concerned with types and class than the individual, his novel trying to encompass the problems of this society as a whole.
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too naive and plain: "the glorification of the
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of the 1960s which were concerned with solidarity in society and the fate of the poor, the novel is a "singularly illuminating historical document of the new nation-offers a fresh view into a period of profound transformation in
Cambodia." His main character’s aspiration for a good life – guided by
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won the first
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Suon Sorin represents the hopes that were shared by many young
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style of the writing from this period was often “careless and demagogic”. The literary promotion of
Sihanouk's policies was equaled in the visual arts by Cambodian painter Nhek Dim.
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sets a chronological marker of a before and after in the novel of Suon Sorin. First published in 1961, eight years after
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Reading this passionate, absorbing novel, it’s poignant to re-enter a period that was filled for many
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of Phnom Penh as the battleground of social injustice in Cambodia. The film was submitted for the
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is his only known work of fiction. He is believed to have died during the Khmer Rouge period.
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