Books set in Thailand (4)


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Bangkok Wakes to Rain : A Novel by Pitchaya Sudbanthad EN

Rating: 3.5     7 Votes
Country: Asia / Thailand flag Thailand
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"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
Recommended: 20 Feb 2022

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Blue Kiss

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Bright by Duanwad Pimwana EN

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Country: Asia / Thailand flag Thailand
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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Recommended: 20 Apr 2022

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The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth

The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth by Wīraphō̜n Nitipraphā EN

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Country: Asia / Thailand flag Thailand
Description:
On the day Chareeya is born, her mother discovers her father having an affair with a traditional Thai dancer. From then on, Chareeya's life is fated to carry the weight of her parents' disappointments. She and her sister grow up in a lush riverside town near the Thai capital, Bangkok, captivated by trashy romance novels, classical music and games of make-believe. When the laconic orphan, Pran, enters their world, he unwittingly lures the sisters into a labyrinth of their own making as they each try to escape their intertwined fates. The original Thai language edition of The Blind Earthworm in ... continue
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Recommended: 14 Aug 2023


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