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The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War Paperback - 2001
by Denise Chong
The world will never forget the 1972 Pulitizer Prize-winning photograph of nine-year-old Kim Phuc, running naked in terror after a napalm strike in Vietnam. Denise Chong now presents the timely and sensitive story of the "napalm girl" as she struggles to reclaim her life.
Summary
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.
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.
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KIM EASED BACK A CORNER OF THE bedroom window curtains.
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- Title The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War
- Author Denise Chong
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, London
- Date July 31, 2001
- Features Maps
- ISBN 9780140280210 / 0140280219
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9 in (20.07 x 13.46 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1950-1999
- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Aerial operations,, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Children
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99053415
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
"An extraordinary piece of journalism." The Baltimore Sun
"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
"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
Citations
- Entertainment Weekly, 08/10/2001, Page 67
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