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Rattawut Lapcharoensap

Autore di Sightseeing

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Comprende il nome: Rattawut Lapcharoensap

Fonte dell'immagine: from Sarah Lawrence College faculty page

Opere di Rattawut Lapcharoensap

Sightseeing (2005) 340 copie
Café Lovely (2005) 3 copie
L'anno prossimo ritorno (2007) 1 copia
2006 1 copia

Opere correlate

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005 (2005) — Collaboratore — 615 copie
Granta 84: Over There: How America Sees the World (2004) — Collaboratore — 229 copie
Granta 97: Best of Young American Novelists 2 (2007) — Collaboratore — 196 copie
Granta 124: Travel (2013) — Collaboratore — 92 copie
Best New American Voices 2005 (2004) — Collaboratore — 67 copie

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Es gibt eine Entdeckung zu machen: Der junge Autor Rattawut Lapcharoensap, geboren in Chicago, aufgewachsen in Bangkok, erzählt in seinem gefeierten Debüt von einem Thailand, das wir so nicht kennen: fern von exotischen Stereotypen und ganz nah dran am modernen Leben. So zum Beispiel in der preisgekrönten Geschichte "Farangs", in der der junge Erzähler sich in eine amerikanische Urlauberin verliebt, die wie alle Farangs - Touristen - in Thailand nur Elefanten und Sex sucht, dann aber überraschend die Bekanntschaft eines Hausschweins namens Clint Eastwood macht.… (altro)
 
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ela82 | 11 altre recensioni | Feb 21, 2024 |
Kurzgeschichten sind nur dann gut, wenn sie wirklich gut geschrieben sind. Jene von Lapcharoensap sind wirklich gut geschrieben. Er erzählt aus der Perspektive Jugendlicher über den Alltag in Thailand. Über die Liebe, über die Touristen und über den täglichen Kampf jener, die in diesem Land täglich aufs Neue kämpfen müssen, um ihr Leben leben zu können. Es ist vielleicht nicht das beste Buch, um Vorfreude aufkommen zu lassen auf einen Thailandurlaub. Aber es ist ein sehr gutes Buch, wenn man auf Reisen der Realität in einem Land begegen möchte oder zumindest darum wissen will, was Thailand abseits der Tourismusangebote ausmacht.… (altro)
 
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koanmi | 11 altre recensioni | Dec 31, 2018 |
'A country that is dynamic and corrupt, full of pride and passion'
By sally tarbox on 2 October 2017
Format: Kindle Edition
Probably *3.5 for this selection of short stories set in the author's native Thailand but written in English.
I was particularly struck by 'Draft Day' where two young friends attend the draft lottery, where those who make it through the selection process must wait to see whether they get a red ball or black (exemption.) As they root for each other, the wealthy narrator observes "What Wichu didn't know then was that he needed my prayers more than I needed his" - his parents have bought him a guaranteed black with a bribe. An end to childhood innocence.
Also 'Priscilla the Cambodian', where a playmate suffers Thai anti-immigrant prejudice.
In the title story, a young man is accompanying his mother on a first and last holiday as she waits to go blind...
Others feature an elderly disabled American ex-pat living in a difficult relationship with his son and Thai wife; a young Thai man falling for a tourist; and a teen girl whose father is caught up in the murky world of cockfighting...
Some packed quite a punch- I couldn't put it down.
… (altro)
½
 
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starbox | 11 altre recensioni | Oct 1, 2017 |
Pictures of a place most Americans know very little about. The stories are very sad, but not hopelessly so, and very well written.
 
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Jon_Hansen | 11 altre recensioni | Apr 9, 2017 |

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4
Opere correlate
8
Utenti
345
Popolarità
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½ 3.7
Recensioni
12
ISBN
15
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6
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