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Arid dreams

Dư̄anwāt Phimwanā2020
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In 13 stories that investigate ordinary and working-class Thailand, characters aspire for more but remain suspended in routine. They bide their time, waiting for an extraordinary event to end their stasis. A politician's wife imagines her life had her husband's accident been fatal, a man on death row requests that a friend clear up a misunderstanding with a sex worker, and an elevator attendant feels himself wasting away while trapped, immobile, at his station all day. With curious wit, this collection offers revelatory insight and subtle critique, exploring class, gender, and disenchantment in a changing country.
Main title:
Arid dreams / Duanwad Pimwana ; translated by Mui Poopoksakul.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Tilted Axis Press, 2020.
Collation:
1 volume
Notes:
Translated from the Thai.
ISBN:
9781911284406 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
895.9134
Language:
EnglishThai
BRN:
1892614
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