The Politician and Other Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (802 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9747551519 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 143 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Politician and Other Stories includes 17 short stories by contemporary Thai writer Khamsing Srinawk. Khamsing’s characters are rich and variegated, sparkling with individuality. These entertaining stories form a window through which to glimpse the unpretentious yet heroic lives of rural Thai villagers in the second half of the 20th century.
His varied experience as a university student, farmer, journalist, forest ranger, research assistant, and traveling sewing machine salesman provides rich material for his stories. Khamsing Srinawk (pseud. Lao Khamhawm) was born in 1930 and grew up in Northeast Thailand. . He was named Thailand’s National Artist in Literature in 1992
A Customer said Portrait of peasant life in Thailand. Politician and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by the Thai author Khamsing Srinawk. Srinawk grew up in the rural northeast section of Thailand known as Esan; almost a synonym in his home country for poverty. Many of his stories center around life in an Esan village and the hardships that that entails. Other stories concern the experiences of Esan people in the city. Al
Language Notes Text: English