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- An offbeat, darkly humorous coming-of-age novel about a Thai boy who's raised by the community when his parents abandon him
- Intensely concentrated, minimalist vignettes that blend Thai folklore with, urban realities, collectively telling the coming-of-age story of a young Thai boy
- First novel by a Thai woman to ever be translated into English
- Winner of the S.E.A. Write Award-Pimwana is of only six women to have won the Thai section of the S.E.A. Write in its thirty-seven-year history
- A Global Humanities Translation Prize Honorable Mention
- Translator Mui Poopoksakul is a force in world literature: she was named one of Culture Trip's 20 Translators Under 40 in 2017, is a recipient of the English PEN Translates Award, and was a guest editor of Words without Borders' Thailand issue
- Intensely concentrated, minimalist vignettes that blend Thai folklore with, urban realities, collectively telling the coming-of-age story of a young Thai boy
- First novel by a Thai woman to ever be translated into English
- Winner of the S.E.A. Write Award-Pimwana is of only six women to have won the Thai section of the S.E.A. Write in its thirty-seven-year history
- A Global Humanities Translation Prize Honorable Mention
- Translator Mui Poopoksakul is a force in world literature: she was named one of Culture Trip's 20 Translators Under 40 in 2017, is a recipient of the English PEN Translates Award, and was a guest editor of Words without Borders' Thailand issue
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Description
- An offbeat, darkly humorous coming-of-age novel about a Thai boy who's raised by the community when his parents abandon him
- Intensely concentrated, minimalist vignettes that blend Thai folklore with, urban realities, collectively telling the coming-of-age story of a young Thai boy
- First novel by a Thai woman to ever be translated into English
- Winner of the S.E.A. Write Award-Pimwana is of only six women to have won the Thai section of the S.E.A. Write in its thirty-seven-year history
- A Global Humanities Translation Prize Honorable Mention
- Translator Mui Poopoksakul is a force in world literature: she was named one of Culture Trip's 20 Translators Under 40 in 2017, is a recipient of the English PEN Translates Award, and was a guest editor of Words without Borders' Thailand issue
- Intensely concentrated, minimalist vignettes that blend Thai folklore with, urban realities, collectively telling the coming-of-age story of a young Thai boy
- First novel by a Thai woman to ever be translated into English
- Winner of the S.E.A. Write Award-Pimwana is of only six women to have won the Thai section of the S.E.A. Write in its thirty-seven-year history
- A Global Humanities Translation Prize Honorable Mention
- Translator Mui Poopoksakul is a force in world literature: she was named one of Culture Trip's 20 Translators Under 40 in 2017, is a recipient of the English PEN Translates Award, and was a guest editor of Words without Borders' Thailand issue
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Softcover
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16.50 €