5/22/2023 0 Comments The rent collector book![]() ![]() ![]() Sopeap holds the book and reads through its pages silently, and since it obviously means a great deal to her, Sang Ly gives it to her as a gift. ![]() Sang Ly is unable to pay, and Sopeap threatens to evict them until she sees an illustrated children’s book sitting in their hut, which Ki had found in the dump earlier that day. While he is gone, Sopeap Sin, Stung Meanchey’s old, drunken, and bitter Rent Collector, comes to Sang Ly’s one-room hut to demand their rent payment for the month. One day while Ki is out picking trash, a gang of youths beat him and steal his money, leaving him with a severe head wound that requires a trip to a local clinic. Like the other villagers in Stung Meanchey, they scratch out a meager living by picking through newly-arrived garbage and sorting out recyclable materials to sell to a scrap vendor. Sang Ly, her husband Ki Lim, and their infant son Nisay live in Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. ![]()
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