Phnom Penh - Post Report Question and Answers

Do you recommend any books or movies about this city/country for those who are interested in learning more?

First They Killed My Father (book and movie), In the Shadow of the Banyan, Don't Think I've Forgotten, The Killing Fields. - May 2017


Cambodia's Curse
The Killing Fields
Don't Think I've Forgotten: A Lost History of Cambodia's Rock n Roll
The Missing Picture - Oct 2016


Cambodia's Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land, The Rent Collector, The Land I Lost. There are various other Khmer Rouge memoirs (The Gate; First They Killed My Father; When Broken Glass Floats), but they didn't resonate with me as much as the first one I read. Much of the narrative is similar. Pick one and you'll be good. - Feb 2015


Travel books - Aug 2011


"Off the Rails in Phnom Penh" - a must read. "Preah Ko Preah Keo." "Bophana". - Oct 2010


The Gate, Francois Bizot; When Broken Glass Floats, Chanrithy Him; A History of Cambodia, David P. Chandler. - Feb 2008


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