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Letters from Thailand

Botan, Susan Fulop Kepner

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Letters from Thailand

Cultural immersion through an immigrant's evocative letters.

If you've ever wondered about the intricacies of Thai culture and the immigrant experience, "Letters From Thailand" might be the book for you. Through a series of heartfelt letters, you get an intimate look at the protagonist's struggles and joys in adapting to a new world. The epistolary format makes the narrative deeply personal and engaging.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9789742103613
Authors: Botan, Susan Fulop Kepner
Publisher: Duang Kamol
Date of Publication: 1994-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction
Goodreads rating: 4.18
(rated by 415 readers)

Description

This novel won the SEATO international prize for literature in 1970. It is also the first ever published in translation from Thai. Tan Suang U writes these 'letters' to his mother in China over a period of more than twenty years, from his arrival in Bangkok in 1945, with nothing but his traditional education. We see him marry, grow rich, rise to an honorable position and then suffer disaster through his inability to understand his family and the changes in the society in which he lives. We follow, in fascinating detail, the busy lives of a merchant family in the Chinese community of Bangkok. Botan's style is light, lively and very readable and the work is remarkable for its comments on modern Thai society and the Bangkok social scene. Susan Fulop has, through her admirable translation, rendered great service both to Thai literature and to readers of English by making a remarkable book available to a wider audience.
 

Cultural immersion through an immigrant's evocative letters.

If you've ever wondered about the intricacies of Thai culture and the immigrant experience, "Letters From Thailand" might be the book for you. Through a series of heartfelt letters, you get an intimate look at the protagonist's struggles and joys in adapting to a new world. The epistolary format makes the narrative deeply personal and engaging.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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