Along with Kolab Pailin and Sophat, Phka Srapoun is considered one of the three classic novels of modern Khmer literature.
Nou Hach (Khmer: នូ ហាច) was born on June 26, 1916, in Kampong Preah Commune, Sangkae District, Battambang, Cambodia.
Hach was the eldest child of the family, he married Mrs. Tan Rem (Khmer: តាន់ រ៉េម) and had eight children.
Unfortunately, Bunthoeun's family becomes poor after a storm sinks the boat his father uses to transport the rice in Prey Nokor.
Seeing this, Mrs. Nuon brings her daughter to the resort town of Siem Reap, but Vitheavy's spirits remain low.