Densely poetic, this daring novel traces a story of love and desire from Montreal to Phnom Penh. The brutalities and horror of war and genocide are balanced by a young girl's intense love affair with a Cambodian refugee and musician. After losing him once when he returns, alone, to Cambodia she makes the journey herself 10 years later, only to suffer a greater loss there than she could possibly have imagined. A beautiful, haunting book.
