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Isan Writers, Thai Literature

Author : Martin B. Platt
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9971696975
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Isan Writers, Thai Literature written by Martin B. Platt and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regional characteristics and regional language feature prominently in discussions of Thai identity, but there is little mention of regional literatures. In northeastern Thailand's Isan region, authors write primarily in Thai, but it is possible nonetheless to identify an Isan literature, which played a significant and at times pivotal role in the development of Thai literature in the second half of the twentieth century, as authors grappled with how their origins and experiences related to the Thai centre. Martin Platt's account of Isan literature is an important first step toward a broader study of regional literatures in Thailand, and shapes a model that has relevance for examining literary works in other Asian countries.

Thai Literature

Author : Klaus Wenk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Thai Literature written by Klaus Wenk and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Disturbing Conventions

Author : Rachel V Harrison
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1783480157
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Disturbing Conventions written by Rachel V Harrison and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disturbing Conventions draws the study of Thai literature out of the relative isolation that has to date impeded its participation in the wider field of comparative and world literature. Predominantly penned by Thai academics, the collection decentres Thai literary studies in order to move beyond the traditionalist, conservative concerns of the academy which have, until relatively recently, foreclosed the use of “Western” theory in the study of Thai literature. The book introduces new frames of analysis to the study of Thai literature to bring it into dialogue with debates in wider fields and the world beyond its national borders. As a result, Disturbing Conventions offers an essential contribution to the comparative study of world literature and Asian cultural studies.

Modern Thai Literature

Author : Herbert P. Phillips
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Modern Thai Literature written by Herbert P. Phillips and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bangkok Wakes to Rain

Author : Pitchaya Sudbanthad
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0525534768
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Bangkok Wakes to Rain written by Pitchaya Sudbanthad and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A house in the center of Bangkok becomes the point of confluence where lives are shaped by upheaval, memory, and the lure of home. Witness to two centuries' flux in one of the world's most restless cities, a house plays host to longings and losses past, present, and future. A nineteenth-century missionary doctor pines for the comforts of New England even as he finds the vibrant foreign chaos of Siam increasingly difficult to resist. A post-war society woman marries, mothers, and holds court, little suspecting the course of her future. A jazz pianist is summoned in the 1970s to conjure music that will pacify resident spirits, even as he's haunted by ghosts of his former life. Not long after, a young woman gives swimming lessons in the luxury condos that have eclipsed the old house, trying to outpace the long shadow of her political past. And in the post-submergence Bangkok of the future, a band of savvy teenagers guides tourists and former residents past waterlogged, ruined landmarks, selling them tissues to wipe their tears for places they themselves do not remember. Time collapses as these stories collide and converge, linked by blood, memory, yearning, chance, and the forces voraciously making and remaking the amphibian, ever-morphing city itself"--Provided by publisher.

Read till it shatters

Author : Thak Chaloemtiarana
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1760462276
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Read till it shatters written by Thak Chaloemtiarana and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2018-08-27 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces readers to modern Thai literature through the themes of modernity, nationalism, identity and gender. In the cultural, political and social transformations that occurred in Thailand during the first half of the twentieth century, Thai literature was one of the vehicles that moved the changes. Taking seriously ‘read till it shatters’, a Thai phrase that instructs readers to take apart the text, to break it down, to deconstruct it, Thak Chaloemtiarana challenges the Thai literary canon from the margins and suggests ways of expanding and enriching it. Thai literature is scarce in translation and requires the skills of a scholar fluent in Thai to comprehend it. Thak is a political scientist turned literary scholar who is bilingual in Thai and English and an avid reader of Thai fiction by authors up and down the social scale. Here he offers lively insights into his favourite literary genres with fresh readings of early Thai novels, Sino-Thai biographies and memoirs of the rich and famous. ‘Thak Chaloemtiarana is an inquisitive man. Late in his career he switched from politics to literature. In these chapters, he draws on a lifetime of reading about writers and writing in Thailand over the past century. He nods towards the usual big names—King Vajiravudh, Luang Wichit, Kulap Saipradit, Kukrit Pramoj—but spends more time on those found in the lesser visited stacks of the libraries, the secondhand bookstalls, and the shelf by the supermarket checkout. His themes are familiar—Thailand and the West, Thai nationalism, the Thai-Chinese, and women under patriarchy—but the angles of vision are original. With a cast ranging from motor-racing princes through sexy Egyptian mummies and a feminist serial murderer to starlets touting breast-enhancement techniques, this book educates, enlightens, and entertains.’

Letters from Thailand

Author : Botan
Publisher : Silkworm Books
ISBN 13 : 162840230X
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book Letters from Thailand written by Botan and published by Silkworm Books. This book was released on 2002-02-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

A Good True Thai

Author : Sunisa Manning
Publisher : Epigram Books
ISBN 13 : 981490127X
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book A Good True Thai written by Sunisa Manning and published by Epigram Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1970s Thailand, three young people meet each other with fateful results. Det has just lost his mother, the granddaughter of a king. He clings to his best friend Chang, a smart boy from the slums, as they go to college; while there, Det falls for Lek, a Chinese immigrant with radical ideals. Longing for glory, Det journeys into his friends’ political circles, and then into the Thai jungle to fight. During Thailand’s most famous period of political and artistic openness, these three friends must reconcile their deep feelings for one another with the realities of perilous political revolution.

The Way Thais Lead

Author : Larry S. Persons
Publisher : Silkworm Books
ISBN 13 : 1943932379
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book The Way Thais Lead written by Larry S. Persons and published by Silkworm Books. This book was released on 2016-01-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating study explores how face functions as social capital for leaders in Thai society. It examines the anatomy of Thai face, ways to gain and lose face, patron-client dynamics, and the sources and paradigms of power. Ethnographic research gives voice to Thai leaders as they describe face behaviors and the flow of power in their society. The author compellingly reveals an indigenous but little-used pathway to virtuous leadership that empowers both leaders and followers, to the benefit of all. Written with academic rigor in a popular style, this book presents insights that are crucial to understanding and building strategic relationships in Thai society. Highlights • An insider’s account of Thai leadership based on sound ethnographic research • Examines the significance of face in Thai society • Reveals the pathways to power in the Thai context • Explores the relationship of Thai leaders and their followers • Identifies the qualities of virtuous leadership

Thai Children's Favorite Stories

Author : Marian D. Toth
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462920861
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Thai Children's Favorite Stories written by Marian D. Toth and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In captivating text and illustrations, this beautiful multicultural children's book presents a collection of cherished fables, myths, legends and fairy tales from Thailand that have been passed down through generations of Thai families. The nine charming stories in this book feature clever princesses, warring gods and goddesses, foolish kings, and wily tigers, against a backdrop of traditional Thai village life. They deal with the universal values that parents everywhere want to teach their children, such as good versus evil, right versus wrong, and wisdom versus foolishness. Stories include "How The Thais Learned to Be Calm," when a small village argument escalates into a terrible war; "Princess Golden Flower and the Vulture King," in which a brave princess saves herself from an evil king; and "The Gold Harvest" in which a wise father-in-law tricks his lazy son-in-law into working hard for his family. Curated and narrated by Marion D. Toth and illustrated by Thai artist Patcharee Meesukhon, this collection will provide children with an insight into the traditional Thai culture, and the values and lifestyle of its people. This book will be enjoyed by children ages six to ten, as well as by their parents. Other Thai stories in this book include: How the Bay of Bangkok Came to Be Why Do We Have Thunder and Lightning? The Wisest Man in Siam There is No Such Thing As a Secret How the Tiger Got its Stripes The Footprint of the Buddha

Arid Dreams

Author : Duanwad Pimwana
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN 13 : 1936932571
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Arid Dreams written by Duanwad Pimwana and published by The Feminist Press at CUNY. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of Thailand’s preeminent female writers . . . Each of her stories poses its own moral challenge, pleasurable and unsettling at once . . . phenomenal.” —NPR.org In thirteen stories that investigate ordinary and working-class Thailand, characters aspire for more but remain suspended in routine. They bide their time, waiting for an extraordinary event to end their stasis. A politician’s wife imagines her life had her husband’s accident been fatal, a man on death row requests that a friend clear up a misunderstanding with a sex worker, and an elevator attendant feels himself wasting away while trapped, immobile, at his station all day. With curious wit, this collection offers revelatory insight and subtle critique, exploring class, gender, and disenchantment in a changing country. “Arid Dreams is stark, sly, and unsparingly brilliant. Here is a writer unafraid to pick up the scalpel of her prose and use it to cut to the bone. Each story is more compelling than the last, each combines dark humor with deeper truths about human desire and depravity. I couldn’t look away.” —Preti Taneja, author of We That Are Young “Pimwana’s characters, whether they are truck drivers or farmers, doctors or prisoners, are realized with depth, affection, and a good degree of humor. The petty concerns of their daily lives—frustrated careers, infidelity, reconnecting with distant family—are hypnotically rendered in Pimwana’s telling. This is an exciting debut.” —Publishers Weekly “A deep and thoughtful exploration of human psyches and the dreams of ordinary Thais in an ever-changing socio-economic environment.” —Bangkok Post “An exacting look at the moments of joy and tragedy, of hope and desire.” —Independent Book Review

Sing to the Dawn

Author : Minfong Ho
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9789812610010
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Sing to the Dawn written by Minfong Ho and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb

Behind the Painting

Author : Siburapha
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1802065725
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Behind the Painting written by Siburapha and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-10-10 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Thailand’s best-known and most highly regarded novels, portraying the romance of a young Thai man and a married older woman ‘In that tranquil and apparently very ordinary picture, I see everything unfolding. Every scene, every part, from the beginning to the final act’ 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, and love starts to bloom. A stirring portrayal of youthful romantic obsession, and later attempts to come to terms with the frailty of passionate feelings, Behind the Painting also shows the constrained lives of many women of the time. First published in 1937, it is one of Thailand’s best-known and most beloved novels. Translated by David Smyth

Drawn Together

Author : Minh Lê
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1368022502
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Drawn Together written by Minh Lê and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This acclaimed picture book from two award-winning creators about connecting across generational and language differences shows that sometimes you don't need words to find common ground. When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustration, and silence. But as they sit down to draw together, something magical happens -- with a shared love of art and storytelling, the two form a bond that goes beyond words. With spare text by Minh Lê and luminous illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat, this stirring story about reaching across barriers will be cherished for years to come. "A beautifully told and illustrated story about a grandson and grandfather struggling to communicate across divides of language, age and culture." --- Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winner Don't miss LIFT, also by Minh Lê and Dan Santat!

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 968 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Teardrops of Time

Author : Arnika Fuhrmann
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 143848075X
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Teardrops of Time written by Arnika Fuhrmann and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on one of the most significant poets of the twentieth century, Angkarn Kallayanapong (1926–2012), this book makes a unique contribution to understandings of non-Western literary modernity. Arnika Fuhrmann investigates how the Thai poet adapts Buddhist understandings of time to create a modern Asian aesthetic imaginary. While Angkarn's poetry conjures the image of an early modern Thai cosmopolitanism, it also pioneers a poetics reflective of present-day globalization. The result is an experiment in Buddhist cosmopolitan aesthetic modernity. Teardrops of Time contextualizes the poet's work in the literary history and cultural politics of his time, tracing the transformation of a modern Thai cultural and political imaginary through the political history of the country's authoritarian governance since the late 1950s and the exigencies of an increasingly globalized economy since the 1980s. As Angkarn's work aligns itself with contemporaneous global trends in poetry, the book reads it alongside the work of Paul Celan and Allen Ginsberg.

Bright

Author : Duanwad Pimwana
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781931883801
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (838 download)

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Download or read book Bright written by Duanwad Pimwana and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores the quality of human resilience through the adventures of Kampol Changsamran, a young boy left behind by his parents after their break-up"--