"To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man;
to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god."

- Napoleon I, attributed


"A gut-wrenching story, told with honesty, restraint, and dignity."
- Ha Jin, author of Waiting, winner of the National Book Award

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"The best memoirs are riveting peeks through literary curtains"
The Boston Globe, May 7, 2000
By Katherine A. Powers

"The Worst of Times"
The Sunday Times (London), April 30, 2000
By Justin Wintle

"Chilling First-Person Tales from Cambodia"
New York Times, April 19, 2000

By Richard Bernstein

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January 6, 2004 - The World Today (BBC World Service) on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia. Interview with Chanrithy Him and Mr. Brad Adams, Asia Director of Human Rights Watch.

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January 6, 2004 - The World Today (BBC World Service) on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia. Interview with Chanrithy Him and Dr. Craig Etcheson, Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins and Advisor for the Documentation Center of Cambodia.

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March 16, 2002 - Voice of America: Interview with Chanrithy Him during her visit to the Asia Society in Manhattan.

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THE WILL TO LIVE: A Notebook on Love, Hate, and Reconciliation. A documentary film featuring Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Dr. Juan Almendares of Honduras, and Chanrithy Him, directed by Anne Gyrithe Bonne of Denmark.

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Frontline/World (PBS): Interview with Chanrithy Him

 

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From Dr. Barbara J. Burns

From Dr. William H. Sack

From Dr. Madeleine K. Albright

To Rep. Henry J. Hyde

To Mississippi State University Faculty Members

Acceptance Speech for the Oregon Book Award

 

Cambodia Needs Closure

Love Heals All

Starring Perfect Subjects

 

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