2017년 안젤리나 졸리 감독 넷플릭스 영화 <그들이 아버지를 죽였다>의 원작 소설 

어린 소녀의 눈으로 생생하게 담아낸 킬링필드!

이 책은 특히 일반인이 잘 모르는 킬링필드의 역사적 사실뿐 아니라 인간적이고 문화적인 측면까지 세밀하게 그려내어 역사가 채 담아내기 힘든 국가폭력에 희생된 개인의 내면과 삶을 생생하게 담아낸 회고록이다. 특히 영리하고 당돌하면서도 순진무구한 어린 소녀의 목소리로 이야기를 전해주는 까닭에 더 아프고 참혹하지만, 탄탄한 이야기 구성과 서사적 긴장감, 그리고 최악의 굶주림과 죽음의 공포에 직면해서도 꺾이지 않는 어린 소녀의 용기와 저항이 솔직하고 진실한 내면묘사에 힘입어 압도적인 감동을 선사한다.

A major film, co-written and directed by Angelina Jolie

Until the age of five, Loung Ung lived in Phnom Penh, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official. She was a precocious child who loved the open city markets, fried crickets, chicken fights and being cheeky to her parents.

When Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into Phnom Penh in April 1975, Loung's family fled their home and were eventually forced to disperse to survive. Loung was trained as a child soldier while her brothers and sisters were sent to labour camps. The surviving siblings were only finally reunited after the Vietnamese penetrated Cambodia and started to destroy the Khmer Rouge.

Bolstered by the bravery of one brother, the vision of the others and the gentle kindness of her sister, Loung forged on to create for herself a courageous new life.

First They Killed My Father is an unforgettable book told through the voice of the young and fearless Loung. It is a shocking and tragic tale of a girl who was determined to survive despite the odds.