Books by Pin Yathay
Stay Alive, My Son
by Pin Yathay
The author was an engineer, married and had two young children when the Khmer Rouge took control of Phnom Penh. He describes how things became worse on a personal level – how he watched his children starve to death, how society was turned on its head and how everything that was sacred turned to ash.
Interviews where books by Pin Yathay were recommended
The best books on Southeast Asian Travel Literature, recommended by Cat Barton
The Bureau Chief for the Agence France Presse in Dhaka discusses South East Asian travel literature. Particularly interesting on Cambodia. Further recommended reading from Graham Greene and James Fenton
