Sightseeing
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Erscheinungsdatum
01.09.2018
Verlag
Grove PressSeitenzahl
272 (Printausgabe)
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2626 KB
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Englisch
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9781555846732
The national bestseller by the award-winning Thai American author. "A brilliant collection... brimming with sharp-clawed survival lessons" (
Los Angeles Times).
Set in contemporary Thailand, these are generous, radiant tales of family bonds, youthful romance, generational conflicts, and cultural shiftings beneath the glossy surface of a warm, Edenic setting. Written with exceptional acuity, grace, and sophistication, the stories present a nation far removed from its exoticized stereotypes. In the prize-winning opening story "Farangs," the son of a beachside motel owner commits the cardinal sin of falling for a pretty American tourist. In the novella, "Cockfighter," a young girl witnesses her proud father's valiant but foolhardy battle against a local delinquent whose family has a vicious stranglehold on the villagers.
Through his vivid assemblage of parents and children, natives and transients, ardent lovers and sworn enemies, Lapcharoensap dares us to look with new eyes at the circumstances that shape our views and the prejudices that form our blind spots. Gorgeous and lush, painful and candid,
Sightseeing is an extraordinary reading experience, one that powerfully reveals that when it comes to how we respond to pain, anger, hurt, and love, no place is too far from home.
"Lapcharoensap is a commanding, animated tour guide, and a lot more than that-he can write with the bait and the hook of genuine talent... [He] has a gift for the detail that catches not only his Thai milieu but teenage life everywhere." -Darin Strauss,
The New York Times Book Review
Los Angeles Times).
Set in contemporary Thailand, these are generous, radiant tales of family bonds, youthful romance, generational conflicts, and cultural shiftings beneath the glossy surface of a warm, Edenic setting. Written with exceptional acuity, grace, and sophistication, the stories present a nation far removed from its exoticized stereotypes. In the prize-winning opening story "Farangs," the son of a beachside motel owner commits the cardinal sin of falling for a pretty American tourist. In the novella, "Cockfighter," a young girl witnesses her proud father's valiant but foolhardy battle against a local delinquent whose family has a vicious stranglehold on the villagers.
Through his vivid assemblage of parents and children, natives and transients, ardent lovers and sworn enemies, Lapcharoensap dares us to look with new eyes at the circumstances that shape our views and the prejudices that form our blind spots. Gorgeous and lush, painful and candid,
Sightseeing is an extraordinary reading experience, one that powerfully reveals that when it comes to how we respond to pain, anger, hurt, and love, no place is too far from home.
"Lapcharoensap is a commanding, animated tour guide, and a lot more than that-he can write with the bait and the hook of genuine talent... [He] has a gift for the detail that catches not only his Thai milieu but teenage life everywhere." -Darin Strauss,
The New York Times Book Review
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