Books set in Thailand (27)
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A True Good Thai by Sunisa Manning EN
ThailandDescription:
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... continue
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Arid Dreams : Stories by Duanwad Pimwana EN
Description:
From Thailand's preeminent contemporary female writer, Duanwad Pimwana's first English-language collection is a social realist exploration of Thai culture.
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Bamboo Among the Oaks : Contemporary Writing by Hmong Americans by Mai Neng Moua EN
LaosDescription:
A groundbreaking anthology that chronicles the emerging literary voice of a contemporary American immigrant community.
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Bangkok Wakes to Rain : A Novel by Pitchaya Sudbanthad EN
Description:
"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 t... continue
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Description:
"Explores the quality of human resilience through the adventures of Kampol Changsamran, a young boy left behind by his parents after their break-up"--
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De opkomst en ondergang van grootmachten by Tom Rachman NL
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Een vrouw probeert zich een beeld te vormen van haar verwekkers.
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Dispatches from the Edge : A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival by Anderson Cooper EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The correspondent and anchor for CNN recounts events from his life and career, offering a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most devastating modern tragedies and their effect on his own life.
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Jasmine Nights by S. P. Somtow EN
Description:
The setting is Thailand and the protagonists are two boys, one Thai, the other African-American. The novel traces their relationship, which is a meeting of East and West. By a Thai-born writer, author of Vampire Junction.
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La sombra blanca : retrato del artista canalla by Saneh Sangsuk ES
Description:
Un auténtico descubrimiento. Una novela-monstruo, furiosa, fulgurante y venenosa, de un extraño lirismo, que pulveriza los clichés occidentales sobre Bangkok. Recluido en una cabaña en medio de ningún sitio, un hombre decide confesar. Acuciado por la urgencia, como si la muerte estuviera cercana, empieza a hablar. Pero lo que al principio parece una simple declaración amorosa, va transformándose a lo largo de las páginas en un terrible retorno al pasado.
La sombra blanca es una novela autobiográfica en la que Saneh Sangsuk emprend... continue