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Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap (2004, Hardcover) 
Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap (2004, Hardcover)

 
Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap (2004, Hardcover)

Publisher: Grove Pr
Publication Date: 2004-11-30
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0802117880
ISBN-13: 9780802117885
Product ID: EPID43119133
Description: These seven stories by a Thai-American writer range between the US and Thailand. In "Cockfighter," a girl named Ladda grows up as she watches her father be humiliated during a cockfight. "Draft Day" is about a young man whose father brib...
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Synopsis
These seven stories by a Thai-American writer range between the US and Thailand. In "Cockfighter," a girl named Ladda grows up as she watches her father be humiliated during a cockfight. "Draft Day" is about a young man whose father bribes an official to keep him out of the draft. And, in the title story, a Thai woman who is going blind travels with her son from America to her homeland--knowing it is her last trip there before she loses the rest of her vision.

Details
Publication Date:2004-11-30

Size
Length:250 pages
Height:7.5 in
Width:5.5 in
Thickness:1.2 in
Weight:12.0 oz

Publisher's Note
A collection of stories set in modern-day Thailand depicts this Asian country on the crossroads between the ancient and the modern, focusing on issues of family relations, romance, generational conflicts, and cultural changes. A first collection.

Industry Reviews
"A newcomer to watch: fresh, funny, and tough."
Kirkus (10/15/2004)

"Even the title of this debut short story collection by a young Thai American writer resonates on many wavelengths as Lapcharoensap considers the significance of seeing and being seen, of tourism and exile. Superbly well paced, nimble, vividly descriptive...."
Booklist - Donna Seaman (12/15/2004)

"For his debut, the skilled and very young Rattawut Lapcharoensap (he's 25) has written seven stories that pique our interest because they're set in Thailand, where he's lived much of his life. When he's really going strong, 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....Some recent debuts may be more consistent than SIGHTSEEING is, but few can attain its heights."
New York Times Book Review - Darin Strauss (01/09/2005)

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