The Girl in the Picture

Name: The Girl in the Picture
Brand: Penguin Publishing Group : Penguin Books
SKU: 9780140280210-PRUSDTR-US
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The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War

Denise Chong (Author) ... more

Edition: US - Paperback / softback

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English • Age Adult - Adult

400 pages • 5.21 x 7.95 x 0.91 in

Approx. weight: 0.74 lb

Publication date: 01 Aug,2001

Barcode: 9780140280210 • Penguin Publishing Group : Penguin Books

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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.