The dead eye and the deep blue sea : a graphic memoir of modern slavery / Vannak Anan Prum ; as told to Ben & Jocelyn Pederick ; and translated by Lim Sophorn.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Khmer Publication details: New York : Seven Stories Press, [2018]Edition: A Seven Stories Press 1st edDescription: xviii, 235 p. : col. ill. ; 16 x 20 cmISBN: 9781609806026Other title: Dead eye & the deep blue sea | Graphic memoir of modern slaverySubject(s): Vannak, Prum | Fisheries -- Corrupt practices | Slave labor -- Thailand | Slave labor -- Malaysia | Human trafficking -- Thailand | Human trafficking -- Malaysia | Fishers -- Cambodia -- Biography | Tattoo artists -- Cambodia -- Biography | Plantation workers -- Malaysia -- Sibu (Sarawak) -- Biography | Slaves -- BiographyDDC classification: 331.7/6392/092 LOC classification: HD8039.F66 | C35 2018Summary: "While looking for work on the Thai-Cambodian border, [Vannak Anan Prum] was detained as a slave on a fishing boat, enduring hard labor and hellish treatment for four grueling years. After making his escape by literally jumping ship, Vannak was sold by his ostensible rescuers on the Malaysian coast to a plantation owner and police official. After another year of hard labor and imprisonment, a human rights organization helped him finally return to his family" -- Back cover.
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | GRAPHIC/921/VAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500060227 |
Translated from the Khmer.
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New York Times, July 2018
"While looking for work on the Thai-Cambodian border, [Vannak Anan Prum] was detained as a slave on a fishing boat, enduring hard labor and hellish treatment for four grueling years. After making his escape by literally jumping ship, Vannak was sold by his ostensible rescuers on the Malaysian coast to a plantation owner and police official. After another year of hard labor and imprisonment, a human rights organization helped him finally return to his family" -- Back cover.
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