Thien, Madeleine (1974-)

Dogs at the perimeter / Madeleine Thien. - First American edition. - New York : W. W. Norton & Company , c2011, 2017 - 253 pages ; 21 cm.

Set in Cambodia during the regime of the Khmer Rouge and in present day Montreal, Dogs at the Perimeter tells the story of Janie, who as a child experiences the terrible violence carried out by the Khmer Rouge and loses everything she holds dear. Three decades later, Janie has relocated to Montreal, although the scars of her past remain visible.


English

9780393354300 (softcover)


Genocide ----Fiction
Psychic trauma---Fiction


Cambodia---History---20th century


Historical fiction

PR9199.3.T447 / D64 2017

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