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Year of the rabbit

Tian 1975- (author,, artist.). Dascher, Helge, 1965- (translator.). Rithy Panh, (writer of introduction.).

Summary: "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 seizes 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."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781770463769
ISBN: 1770463763
Physical Description: print
368 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: [Montréal, Québec] : Drawn & Quarterly, [2020]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

General Note:	Translated from the French. Originally published in French by Gallimard as L'Année du Lièvre (2011, 2013, 2016).
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface / Rithy Panh -- The family tree -- Part one: Goodbye, Phnom Penh -- Chapter 1: Glorious April 17, 1975! -- Chapter 2: The new Democratic Kampuchea -- Chapter 3: Veasna -- Chapter 4: Angkar -- Chapter 5: Plant a kapok and a palm tree -- Chapter 6: National route 6 -- Chapter 7: Descent into hell -- Part two: Do not worry -- Chapter 8: Let us abolish the monarchy and establish Angkar*! Let us abolish taxes and establish voluntary contributions! Let us abolish the white and glorify the black! Let us dignify the ignorant and eradicate the learned! -- Chapter 9: Children are like blank sheets of paper on which Angkar can print whatever it wants. -- Chapter 10: Angkar cares for all! Brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers! The people are Angkar's brain! -- Chapter 11: There are no camps or prisons in Democratic Kampuchea. Whatever the crime, the only punishment is death. -- Chapter 12: To keep you is no gain. To kill you is no loss. -- Chapter 13: Better a less populated Cambodia than a country of incompetents. -- Chapter 14: Cutting a weed is not enough--it must be pulled up by the roots. -- Part three: A new beginning -- Chapter 15: The purge -- Chapter 16: Liberation -- Chapter 17: Invaders from the east -- Chapter 18: Life resumes -- Chapter 19: A mysterious package -- Chapter 20: Ma prey -- Chapter 21: Sadath, the mercenary -- A new beginning--1980 and beyond.
Awards Note:	Freeman Book Award for Young Adult/High School Literature (Graphic), 2020