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Letters from Thailand, A Novel
by Botan • Susan Fulop Kepner (Translator)
- LITERATURE
- 2002
- PAPER
- 350 PAGES
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A prize-winning novel, first published in 1969 and here newly translated into English. Taking the form of a series of letters back home to his mother, the novel follows the fate of Tan Suang U, a Chinese immigrant in Bangkok at the close of World War II, who marries, raises a family, and runs a successful business. The novel, among its many pleasures, depicts daily life in Bangkok's thriving Chinatown.
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