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On 8 June 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her burning village and into the eye of history. Her photograph, seen around the world, helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War and is one of a handful of images that remain branded in the public consciousness. This book is the story of how that photograph came to be - but also of what happened to Kim Phuc after it was taken. It opens up to readers an unknown world - the world of Vietnam after the US army left. Kim became a pawn in the Communist regime's propaganda campaign, even as her own family fought a losing battle to support itself in a physically and economically devastated country, now plagued with corruption. Kim's recovery and rehabilitation from her terrible wounds was long and arduous and, after years of manipulation by Vietnamese officials, she made a dramatic escape to Canada, where she now lives. Denise Chong has written a detailed, humanistic account of everyday life in the wake of the Vietnam War, as well as a meditation on the aftermath of celebrity, and the power of an image.
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When Nick Ut photographed 9-year-old Kim Phuc running down a road, her body aflame with napalm, he turned a terrified girl into a living symbol of the Vietnam War's horror. Even after the war, the North Vietnamese government made the severely scarred Kim a reluctant poster girl for American atrocities. Although her parents, once relatively prosperous South Vietnamese peasants, were reduced to dire poverty when the state took over her mother's noodle shop, Kim was allowed to receive further medical treatment in Germany, to visit the Soviet Union, and to attend the University of Havana. These privileges did not assuage her spiritual turmoil: Why had she been singled out for fame when so many others suffered and died? Searching for answers, Kim converted to Christianity and in 1992 defected with her husband to Canada, where they now live with their two sons. Canadian author Denise Chong's sensitive biography, which doubles as a fascinating social history of Vietnam during and after the war, captures Kim as a complex woman of powerful religious faith: "It was the fire of bombs that burned my body. It was the skill of doctors that mended my skin. But it took the power of God's love to heal my heart." --Wendy Smith
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster Australia
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0743209192
- ISBN 13 9780743209199
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number6
- Number of pages392
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Book Description Softcover (Photographic). Condition: Very Good. Photographic (illustrator). First Edition. Foreword by author and acknowledgements. Between pages 182 and 183 there are eight pages of black-and-white photographs. Photographic paperback binding with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. "There can be no more appalling or universal image of war than the photograph of the girl running naked and screaming from a napalm attack on her village during the Vietnam war. Her outstretched, burned arms and the scream of pain captured on her lips haunted a generation and changed America's attitude towards its involvement in Vietnam." Â from the rear panel blurb. The girl in the picture was Kim Phuc, and this book tells her story. A little creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Full Number Line. Size: Trade Paperback. [6], VII - X 372, [2] pages, Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Vietnam; Vietnam Conflict; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0743209192. ISBN/EAN: 9780743209199. Inventory No: 0129929. Seller Inventory # 0129929
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Book Description Trade Paperback. 1st Edition. Very Good condition. Bookseller stamp/label to title page. Light Creasing to front cover. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 372 pages. Denise Chong has written one of the only detailed, humanistic accounts of everyday life in the wake of the Vietnam War, as well as an analyssi of the aftermath of celebrity and the power of an image. Seller Inventory # 301055
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Trade Paperback. 372 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Simon & Schuster, Australia, 2000. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Edges of pages are reasonably browned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Also included are two newspaper articles about the subject, on of which is pasted to the inside cover of the book. SYNOPSIS: Kim Phuc was nine years old in 1972. Severely burned by napalm, she ran from her burning village and was captured on film. Denise Chong relates Kim's experience and recovery in this astonishing biography and history of America's shameful war. The photograph of Kim, seen around the world, was one of many to turn public opinion against the war in Vietnam. This is the story of how the picture came to be and also what happened to Kim after it was taken. It provides an insight into the country Vietnam became after the US army left, and explains why Kim finally had to flee to Canada, where she now lives. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0743209192. ISBN/EAN: 9780743209199. Inventory No: 21040043. Seller Inventory # 21040043
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