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Tian Veasna 는 공산 폴포트 정권이 크메르를 장악한 3일 뒤에 태어나

우여곡절 끝에 프랑스로 건너가 살다가 폴포트 정권의 학정을 고발하는 내용의 만화를

그린 만화 작가입니다.

이게 그의 첫 작품이라고 합니다.

지금은 프랑스에 거주하고 있지만 자주 캄보디아(크메르)를 방문하여

가족들에게 그 당시의 참상에 관해 듣고 이런 작품을 구상하게

되었다네요.

얼마나 끔찍한 짓을 공산주의자들이 저질렀는지

영화 킬링 필드를 기억하시는 분들도 많을 겁니다.

젊은이가 그 가족들의 이야기를 통해서

그 당시를 어떻게 재현했는지

궁금해집니다.

뉴욕타임즈에도 이 서평이 실려 있어서 관심을 가지게 되었습니다.

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One family’s quest to survive the devastation of the Khmer Rouge

Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family’s desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. In 1975, the Khmer Rouge seized power in the capital city of Phnom Penh. Immediately after declaring victory in the war, they set about evacuating the country’s major cities with the brutal ruthlessness and disregard for humanity that characterized the regime ultimately responsible for the deaths of one million citizens.

Cartoonist Tian Veasna was born just three days after the Khmer Rouge takeover, as his family set forth on the chaotic mass exodus from Phnom Penh. Year of the Rabbit is based on firsthand accounts, all told from the perspective of his parents and other close relatives. Stripped of any money or material possessions, Veasna’s family found themselves exiled to the barren countryside along with thousands of others, where food was scarce and brutal violence a constant threat.

Year of the Rabbit shows the reality of life in the work camps, where Veasna’s family bartered for goods, where children were instructed to spy on their parents, and where reading was proof positive of being a class traitor. Constantly on the edge of annihilation, they realized there was only one choice―they had to escape Cambodia and become refugees. Veasna has created a harrowing, deeply personal account of one of the twentieth century’s greatest tragedies.

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