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Landbridge

Life in Fragments
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In Landbridge by Y-Dang Troeung, the narrative intertwines personal histories with broader themes of migration and displacement. It delves into the lives of individuals affected by the upheavals in Southeast Asia, exploring their journeys to new lands and the cultural bridges they build in the process. The book poignantly captures the resilience and hope that emerge amidst profound loss and change.
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A brilliant, devastating memoir about the very act of writing memoir, and what it means to bear witness to atrocity.

Born in, and named after, Thailand's Khao-I-Dang refugee camp, Y-Dang Troeung was—aged one—the last of 60,000 Cambodian refugees admitted to Canada, fleeing her homeland in the aftermath of Pol Pot's brutal Khmer Rouge regime. In Canada, Y-Dang became a literal poster child for the benevolence of the Canadian refugee project—and, implicitly, the unknowable horrors of Khmer Rouge-era Cambodia.

In Landbridge, a family and personal memoir of astonishing power, Y-Dang grapples with a life lived in the shadow of pre-constructed narratives. She considers the transactional relationship between a host country and its refugees; she unpicks the demand for 'testimony' and the conflicting demand for disinterested academic rigour; she delves into the necessary contradictions between ethnic, regional and national identities; and she writes to her young son Kai with the promise that this family legacy is passed down with love at its core.

Written in fragmentary chapters, each with the vivid light of a single candle in a pitch-black room, Landbridge is both a courageous piece of life writing and a bold, ground-breaking intervention in the way trauma and migration are recorded.

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Landbridge by Y-Dang Troeung is praised as an extraordinary and courageous act of love. It weaves together memoir, history, and love, shedding light on generational trauma, migration, and the Cambodian diaspora. The book is celebrated for its profound humanity, astute insights, and enduring impact, rendering it an unforgettable and vital read.

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ISBN: 9780241648001

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Allen Lane

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 31.0mm

Width: 138.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 382g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Y-Dang Troeung was a deeply loved mother, researcher, writer, and Assistant Professor of English at the University of British Columbia. Her first book, Refugee Lifeworlds- The Afterlife of the Cold War in Cambodia, explored the enduring impact of war, genocide and displacement. She co-directed the short film Easter Epic and organized the exhibition Remembering Cambodian Border Camps, 40 Years Later at Phnom Penh's Bophana Center; ; and co-edited a special issue of Canadian Literature on 'Refugee Worldmaking'. She died of pancreatic cancer at the age of forty-two.

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