![]() ![]() 'This paper analyses the memoirs of Australian writer Alice Pung in the contexts of her suburban Melbourne upbringing, her parents’ status as refugees, and Cambodia’s Pol Pot period. “As a writer, I don’t know if you can really see from another person’s perspective … It is important to try and put yourself in someone else’s shoes, but I’ve realised in the last five years you can never really do it.” By Jessica Zhan Mei Yu.' (Introduction) On Necessary Disjointedness : The Pol Pot Period in Alice Pung’s Memoirs Patrick Allington, She speaks about racism, role models and motherhood. 'More than a decade after her best-selling debut, Unpolished Gem, Alice Pung remains one of Australia’s most beloved authors for her gentle yet forthright prose. The Saturday Paper, 25-31 January 2020 Abstract ![]()
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