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Landbridge: life in fragments by Y-Dang Troeung

kittykets's review against another edition

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emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

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challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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5.0

unbelievable how great this is. it's pulsing with the energy of quiet revolution in my hands

'landbridge' is not a book, it's life in a beautiful, disparate, transient package

I’m so moved by the experience of sitting with Y-Dang’s story. her efforts to disentangle the complex threads in her mind through separate modes-of-being really did build into a fabulous body of expression

I was lucky enough to have known Y-Dang, however briefly, during her brilliant life - a generous teacher, an incredible mind

coming this fall, @knopfca

bookboy_troy's review against another edition

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5.0

Just an absolutely incredible, powerful, and heartbreaking work of nonfiction. This reading experience will stay with me for the rest of my life. The emotional force of Y-Dang's prose sweeps you into her own lifeworld and the stories and lifeworlds of the Cambodian refugees she writes fiercely and passionately of.

This book is about her history and the history of the Cambodian genocide, but it is also about reclaiming and rewriting the narrative made about her upon her and her family's resettlement in Canada. You feel so intensely the weight of trauma that is carried throughout the lives of people that have had to flee their homelands from unspeakable and unimaginable tragedy, violence and genocide.

Rest peacefully, Y-Dang. Her words will continue to inform and inspire the world and I am in awe of the fortitude and resilience her life and work has given me as a reader of this book. A gift.

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5.0

Wow very emotional read that made me cry several times

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golem's review against another edition

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5.0

A brilliant, urgent, sharp, painful, loving, gentle, explosive, beautiful gift.

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3.75

saestrah's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

A free advanced reading copy of this title was provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review:

Firstly, I loved the formatting of this book. Interspaced with artwork, photography and letters from the author to her son, the narrative of the author's life is captured in very short chapters, segmenting the reflections on her life into brief snapshots. It's an incredibly tragic book, that leaves you with an ache in your chest, but it's an enjoyable read.