If you share an interest in those types of books, this is one you will want to check out. I enjoy reading about other cultures and time periods and also enjoy short stories so this seemed a good pic. That is why I said you have to be in the right mood. The first one.concerning a group of people in transit who accidentally fall to captivity at the hands of the Khmer Rouge is heartbreaking. There are over a dozen and all are quite short. I of coarse en joyed some stories more then others. If I were to rate this on a one to ten scale I would give it a 7.5. Nothing could be further from the truth.īut you have to be in the right mood to read these and you also have to know that the stories, do not, in themselves, end with clarity.
I liked but did not love this and I am worried that giving a rating of 3, will look like I do not like it. This is one of those times I really wish there was a scale of 1-10 on GR.
The best way to describe them would be Vignettes or little slices of life. McKay moves beyond the usual cliches of the beauty of Angkor Wat and the horror of the Khmer Rouge, though these do feature too. Laura Jean McKay’s characters, described with empathy and affection, sashay through a series of crisp but well-rounded vignettes. Holiday in Cambodia is a series of short stories, some from past times, others current about Cambodia. Holiday in Cambodia is an invigorating, nuanced portrayal of life in the kingdom today.
"Where kings went, where singers went, where the Khmer Rouges went, and stayed, still camped up in the Elephant Mountains."
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