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1962, Kampong Thom
"This earth was my first mother. She gave us rice, she gave us support. I didn't know then that earth could also drink blood."
The Dragon and the Rebel
Kampong Thom (1962)
In Kampong Thom province, in the shadow of a powerful family, this story begins. It is the story of a young man who had everything and yet wanted none of it. While his father, a strict and wealthy businessman of Chinese descent, planned his son's life along the narrow paths of commerce and tradition, the boy dreamed of a different kind of freedom.
This chapter tells of the gilded cage of youth, of the oppressive expectations and the inevitable break. It is the moment when a son decides to reject his inheritance in order to forge his own, arduous path. A farewell without return, driven by defiance and the yearning for self-determination.
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