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Letters from Thailand
- A Novel
Af: Botan
Engelsk Paperback
Letters from Thailand
- A Novel
Af: Botan
Engelsk Paperback

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When the original Thai version of Letters from Thailand appeared in Bangkok in 1969, it was promptly awarded the SEATO Prize for Thai Literature. This new English translation reveals it as 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 Chinatown, 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.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
412
ISBN-13:
9789747551679
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
9747551675
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
1 jul 2002
Længde:
24mm
Bredde:
195mm
Højde:
132mm
Forlag:
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
Oplagsdato:
1 jul 2002
Forfatter(e):
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