Award Date
5-1-2015
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English
First Committee Member
Richard Wiley
Second Committee Member
Douglas Unger
Third Committee Member
Maile Chapman
Fourth Committee Member
Jiemin Bao
Fifth Committee Member
Sean Clark
Number of Pages
293
Abstract
An American reporter in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is fired by a local English-language newspaper after he and his lover, a copy editor at the paper, use drugs and she overdoses and dies. The reporter, whose name is Francis, feels partly responsible for her death. He also feels guilty about his life as an expatriate in Cambodia, a poor, developing country that has a large aid community and a history of communist killings and war. He decides to find whoever sold the drugs to his lover, Sara, and to exact some sort of punishment or revenge. However, he’s uncertain what he will do if and when he finds the dealer.
Keywords
Cambodia; Drugs – Overdose; Fiction; Guilt; Journalism; Revenge
Disciplines
Creative Writing | Fiction
File Format
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
Repository Citation
Daniell Mcgilligan, Clancy Gabriel, "Cycle of Return" (2015). UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones. 2385.
http://dx.doi.org/10.34917/7645963
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