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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. 3.5 stars This book is not exactly a novel, but it's not really short stories either. There is no plot, per se. it's more a series of vignettes about Kampol, a 5-year-old who is abandoned by his parents--they just leave him to fend for himself in their old neighborhood. Both come by, but expect the neighbors to work it out. This book is sad, but it is also very sweet. Very much an "It takes a village..." kind of story. This is a working class neighborhood. No one can take in another child--but everyone shares the burden of feeding Kampol, hosting him overnight, and doing his laundry. Others give him odd jobs and support. Of course, Kampol is only 5-6 in this book, so he is sad and confused by not angry yet. It's just a snapshot in a year of one young boy's life. An exceptional rendering of an impoverished community in which human beings find a way to survive and to care for one another. In the novel's first pages, five-year-old Kampol is abandoned by his parents. The rest of the novel is made up of brilliant episodic gems, as Kampol survives and adapts, and as the people around him learn to care for him. We're transported to a place where helping others means you won't have enough for yourself...and yet, people help Kampol to the best of their limited means. Their level of concern for the abandoned boy waxes and wanes as their own situations become more or less dire. Sometimes they forget all about him for a few days--these times are heartbreaking. Pimwana does such a good job bringing to life Kampol's loneliness and near-starvation in the early days of his abandonment. It feels natural in this community, where everyone is living at the bitter edge of poverty and disaster, that characters will be both empathetic to Kampol's situation, and also a bit reluctant to get involved. This novel floats along in a place of remarkably sweet melancholy that never falls into sentimentality. The skill with which Pimwana succeeds in telling a complex and mature story through the eyes of a child reminded me of Carson McCullers's achievement in [b:The Member of the Wedding|330244|The Member of the Wedding|Carson McCullers|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1403187223s/330244.jpg|604941]. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"Explores the quality of human resilience through the adventures of Kampol Changsamran, a young boy left behind by his parents after their break-up"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)895.9134Literature Literature of other languages Asian (east and south east) languages Other south east Asian languages Thai and other Tai languages Thai fiction 2000–Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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I have heard that this was the first book by a Thai woman translated into English. It was excellent. ( )