Letters From Thailand
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Letters From Thailand
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Author : Botan
language : en
Publisher: Silkworm Books
Release Date : 2002-02-01
Letters From Thailand written by Botan and has been published by Silkworm Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-02-01 with Fiction categories.
When the original Thai version of Letters from Thailand appeared in Bangkok in 1969, it was promptly awarded the SEATO Prize for Thai Literature. Thirteen years later, it was translated into English to reach a much wider readership. Today, the book is still considered one of Thailand’s most entertaining and enduring modern novels, and one of the few portrayals of the immigrant Chinese experience in urban Thailand. Letters from Thailand is the story of Tan Suang U, a young man who leaves China to make his fortune in Thailand at the close of World War II, and ends up marrying, raising a family, and operating a successful business. The novel unfolds through his letters to his beloved mother in China. In Tan Suang U’s lively account of his daily life in Bangkok’s bustling Chiantown, larger and deeper themes emerge: his determination to succeed at business in this strange new culture; his hopes for his family; his resentment at how easily his children embrace urban Thai culture at the expense of the Chinese heritage which he holds dear; his inability to understand or adopt Thai ways; and his growing alienation from a society that is changing too fast for him.
Letters From Thailand
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Author : Bōtan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Letters From Thailand written by Bōtan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Thai literature categories.
A Farang From Virginia
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Author : Blair Lyle Krakowski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
A Farang From Virginia written by Blair Lyle Krakowski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Bangkok (Thailand) categories.
Behind The Painting
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Author : Siburapha
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2024-10-10
Behind The Painting written by Siburapha and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-10 with Fiction categories.
Nopporn, a Thai student studying in Japan, is tasked with hosting a distinguished old family friend and his new wife, the beautiful, aristocratic Kirati. Despite their difference in age and status, and the social constraints of the day, Nopporn and Kirati are inexorably drawn to each other. A stirring portrayal of youthful romantic obsession, and later attempts to come to terms with the frailty of once-passionate feelings, Behind the Painting also affords an intimate insight into the sterile existence endured by many women of high social status at the time. First published in 1937, the novel has been reprinted more than fifty times in Thailand and has twice been adapted for film as well as a musical.
Farang
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Author : Iain Corness
language : en
Publisher: Maverick House
Release Date : 2015-01-07
Farang written by Iain Corness and has been published by Maverick House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-07 with categories.
Dr Iain Corness fell in love with Thailand on a holiday in 1975, and finally managed to move there permanently in 1997. As a settled farang, or foreigner, he enjoys a unique perspective on Thai life and all its eccentricities; looking in from the outside while also getting to see the things most foreigners don’t. His stories and anecdotes are full of the joys of life, and celebrate this exotic and exciting land in all its glory with painfully funny observations. From a date with a fortune teller to tales of a reincarnated squid, Corness revels in the chaos and charm of ‘the only country where you can be run over by a shop.’ This is a book to be enjoyed by tourists and Thais alike.
Letters To Sam
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Author : Daniel Gottlieb
language : en
Publisher: Union Square + ORM
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Letters To Sam written by Daniel Gottlieb and has been published by Union Square + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Literary Collections categories.
The author and radio host shares an inspiring collection of letters to his grandson about family, growing up, and living with disability. When his grandson was born, Daniel Gottlieb began writing a series of letters for Sam to read later in life. He planned to cover everything from dealing with your parents and handling bullies to falling in love and coping with death. Ever since a car accident left Daniel quadriplegic, he knew not to take anything for granted. He wrote the letters in case he wasn’t around to see Sam reach adulthood. Then, when Sam was only fourteen months old, he was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disability, a form of autism, and suddenly everything changed. Now the grandfather and grandson were bound by something more: a disability. And Daniel’s special understanding of what that means became invaluable. Letters to Sam is a lovingly written, emotionally gripping book that offers unique—and universal—insights into what it means to be human.
Thailand Confidential
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Author : Jerry Hopkins
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2011-05-03
Thailand Confidential written by Jerry Hopkins and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-03 with Travel categories.
"Wanna stand in the face of a charging elephant, get hit by a motorcycle, eat giant water bugs, blowtorch your mouth on some of the hottest chili peppers on earth, then go watch a sex change operation? Of course you don't, but, happily, Jerry Hopkins has done all that and more—lots more—in this darkly humorous, deeply affectionate, clear-eyed but never patronizing portrait of Thailand, his adopted home. Highly recommended." —Tim Cahill, author of Lost in My Own Backyard, Hold the Enlightenment and Jaguars Ripped My Flesh "After over a decade in the country, Hopkins knows and loves his subject dearly—that much is obvious—and his vivid portrait projects that love from every page." —Jann Wenner, editor and founder of Rolling Stone Magazine "A loving expose of everything that's wonderful about Thailand, and much that isn't. Should be required reading for all newcomers." —Joe Cummings, author of the Lonely Planet Thailand Guide Writer Jerry Hopkins came to Thailand for a visit in the 1980s, and ended up a permanent resident with a temporary visa—a big, white farang haunting the bars and back alleys of Bangkok. His essays explore the mystery and mayhem of "The Land of Smiles" to hilarious—and sometimes disturbing—effect. Travel with him to a place where whisky is rum, water buffaloes are gay, insects are dinner, dildos are lucky charms, and your wildest adolescent fantasies can come true (for a nominal fee).
The Letters In The Story
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Author : Eve Tavor Bannet
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-12-02
The Letters In The Story written by Eve Tavor Bannet and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
First study of a long tradition of mixed-mode writing, largely favored by British women novelists, that combined fully-transcribed letters with third-person narrative.
Love Letters From Golok
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Author : Holly Gayley
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2016-12-06
Love Letters From Golok written by Holly Gayley and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-06 with Religion categories.
Love Letters from Golok chronicles the courtship between two Buddhist tantric masters, Tāre Lhamo (1938–2002) and Namtrul Rinpoche (1944–2011), and their passion for reinvigorating Buddhism in eastern Tibet during the post-Mao era. In fifty-six letters exchanged from 1978 to 1980, Tāre Lhamo and Namtrul Rinpoche envisioned a shared destiny to "heal the damage" done to Buddhism during the years leading up to and including the Cultural Revolution. Holly Gayley retrieves the personal and prophetic dimensions of their courtship and its consummation in a twenty-year religious career that informs issues of gender and agency in Buddhism, cultural preservation among Tibetan communities, and alternative histories for minorities in China. The correspondence between Tare Lhamo and Namtrul Rinpoche is the first collection of "love letters" to come to light in Tibetan literature. Blending tantric imagery with poetic and folk song styles, their letters have a fresh vernacular tone comparable to the love songs of the Sixth Dalai Lama, but with an eastern Tibetan flavor. Gayley reads these letters against hagiographic writings about the couple, supplemented by field research, to illuminate representational strategies that serve to narrate cultural trauma in a redemptive key, quite unlike Chinese scar literature or the testimonials of exile Tibetans. With special attention to Tare Lhamo's role as a tantric heroine and her hagiographic fusion with Namtrul Rinpoche, Gayley vividly shows how Buddhist masters have adapted Tibetan literary genres to share private intimacies and address contemporary social concerns.
Letters To Bangkok
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Author : John Smith
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2011-03-11
Letters To Bangkok written by John Smith and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.