Khamsing Srinawk

The Politician and Other Stories

Übersetzer: Garden, Domnern; Phillips, Herbert P

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• 3rd edition
• Seitenzahl: 143
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 130mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 209g
• ISBN-13: 9789747551518
• ISBN-10: 9747551519
• Artikelnr.: 21730355

Autorenporträt

Khamsing Srinawk. Translated by Domnern Garden and Herbert P. Phillips

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction
The Politician
Breeding Stock
Quack Doctor
The Gold-Legged Frog
Dust Underfoot
The Plank
Dunghill
Owners of Paradise
The Peasant and the White Man
Clash
Dark Glasses
Sales Reps for the Underworld
Happy Birthday, Grandpa
Paradise Preserved
I Lost My Teeth
The Buffalo with the Red Horns
Intercourse