Black Rice
Author	Anna Moï
Original title	Riz noir
Country	France
Language	French
Genre(s)	Historical novel
Publisher	Gallimard
Publication date	2004
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	177 pp
ISBN	2070771598
OCLC Number	55509320

For the grain, see Black rice.

Black Rice (French: Riz noir) is a novel written by Anna Moï, published by Gallimard in 2004.

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The novel takes place during the Vietnam War and tells of two sisters aged 15 and 14 , who have been arrested, tortured and finally put into Poulo Condor prison. Throughout their sad adventure, the young girls recall important events in which they were involved, such as the Tet offensive. However, their recollections center more on the countryside, the colors and the scents and smells of their childhood.

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the girls were tied to chairs, their clothes riped of, electrodes put on their breasts and tortured