The Girl in the Picture by Denise Chong

The Girl in the Picture by Denise Chong

"More than any other Vietnam book in recent years, The Girl in the Picture confronts us with the ceaseless, ever-compounding casualties of modern warfare." --The San Francisco Chronicle

On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War.

This book is the story of how that photograph came to be-and the story of what happened to that girl after the camera shutter closed. Award-winning biographer Denise Chong's portrait of Kim Phuc-who eventually defected to Canada and is now a UNESCO spokesperson-is a rare look at the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese point-of-view and one of the only books to describe everyday life in the wake of this war and to probe its lingering effects on all its participants.

Denise Chong is the author of The Concubine's Children, a family memoir, and The Girl in the Picture, a narrative about a Vietnam War napalm girl.

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ISBN 13	9780140280210
ISBN 10	0140280219
Title	The Girl in the Picture
Author	Denise Chong
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2001-08-01
Number of pages	400
Prizes	Winner of Governor General's Literary Award.
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.