Painted stories : the life of a Cambodian family from 1941 to the present / by Svay Ken.
Author(s): Svāy Gen
Library Item Details
- Main Title
- Painted stories : the life of a Cambodian family from 1941 to the present
- Author(s)
- Svāy Gen
- Publisher
- Phnom Penh : Reyum Publishing, 2001.
- Collation
- 48 pages : color illustrations
27 cm. - Summary
- This book tells the story of Svay Ken and his wife following the events and adventures of their faimly as they live through the tumultuous last sixty years of Cambodia's history. As a hotel waiter working in Phnom Penh for more than thrity years, Svay began to paint everyday Cambodian life during the last years of work at the hotel when he was about sixty years old. After his wife died in 2000, he wrote what he called 'the story of her life'. At the invitation of Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture, he began to paint pictures to go along with his written text. This book and the accompanying exhibition are the culmination of the project. The exhibition was held at Reyum Institute of Arts and Culture in June 2001.
- ISBN
- 9080735930
- Dewey Class
- 759.9596
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Artists -- Cambodia -- Biography
Cambodia -- Social life and customs - BRN
- 9148
Availability
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Rotunda Library & Archive
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759.9596 SVA
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On-Loan
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