O phsaen maranah
work by Hak Chhay Hok
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Khmer literature
- In Khmer literature: French influence
…in Hak Chhay Hok’s best-selling O phsaen maranah (1965; “The Fatal Smoke”) is that the rich heroine happily goes along with her parents’ choice, jilting the poor student who had earlier saved her life; he then falls sick, fails his exams, and dies. By the late 1960s, the political situation…
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