![]() ![]() In a climate of systematic violence where memory is sickness and justification for execution, Raami fights for her improbable survival.ĭisplaying the author’s extraordinary gift for language, In the Shadow of the Banyan is a brilliantly wrought tale of human resilience. Over the next four years, as the Khmer Rouge attempts to strip the population of every shred of individual identity, Raami clings to the only remaining vestige of her childhood-the mythical legends and poems told to her by her father. Soon the family’s world of carefully guarded royal privilege is swept up in the chaos of revolution and forced exodus. Publisher: Simon & Schuster (June 4, 2013)įor seven-year-old Raami, the shattering end of childhood begins with the footsteps of her father returning home in the early dawn hours, bringing details of the civil war that has overwhelmed the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. ![]()
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