Music of the ghosts / Vaddey Ratner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ratner, Vaddey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees.

History.

Cambodia--History--20th century--Fiction.

Cambodia.

Refugees--Cambodia--Fiction.

FICTION / Asian American.

FICTION / Literary.

FICTION / Contemporary Women.

Local Subjects:

FICTION / Asian American.

FICTION / Literary.

FICTION / Contemporary Women.

Genre:

Fiction.

Autobiographical fiction.

History.

Fictional autobiographies.

Novels.

Physical Description:

324 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Touchstone hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Touchstone, 2017.

Summary:

Leaving the safety of America, Teera returns to Cambodia for the first time since her harrowing escape as a child refugee. She carries a letter from a man who mysteriously signs himself as "the Old Musician" and claims to have known her father in the Khmer Rouge prison where he disappeared twenty-five years ago. Arriving in Phnom Penh, Teera finds a society still in turmoil, where perpetrators and survivors of atrocity live side by side. Soon she meets a young doctor who carries his own memories of that time but also shows her a beautiful country on a fragile path of reconciliation. Meanwhile, the Old Musician anticipates the confession he must make. Together Teera and the Old Musician confront the truth of their intertwined past, weaving a melody that will leave both transformed, and freeing Teera to find a new home and a new love in the places she least expects.--Adapted from book jacket.

Notes:

"A novel"--Book jacket.

Other Format:

Online version: Ratner, Vaddey, author. Music of the ghosts.

ISBN:

9781476795782

1476795789

9781476795799

1476795797

OCLC:

952979950