A 19 ans, Noï est trois fois veuve, et enceinte. La mère du narrateur fut propriétaire de bateaux de pêche qui finirent par sombrer. L'une et l'autre et bien d'autres encore sont victimes des bouleversements qui, en quelques décennies, ont arraché les côtes thaïlandaises à la pêche au filet puis au chalut pour les livrer au tourisme de masse.
Petites gens, vies simples, rêves modestes, croyances ancestrales et les diktats des autorités : comment les pêcheurs se sont aliené la nature et ont perdu leur ancrage est raconté en une mosaïque de scènes poétiques d'une rare beauté.
Ussiri Dharmachoti (prononcé Atsiri Tamma-tchote), journaliste de profession, est un nouvelliste de renom, couronné par le SEA Write Award in 1981.
THE MURDER CASE OF TOK IMAM STORPA KARDE Siriworn Kaewkan
Who killed the old imam, and why? The novel every Thai, everyone concerned with the situation in Thailand’s deep South, should read.
THE 20 BEST NOVELS OF THAILAND marcel barang
Everything you wanted to know about modern Thai literature – 20 novels, 18 authors: biographies, plots, book excerpts and book reviews, warts and all.
MAD DOGS & CO Chart Korbjitti
Patpong, Pattaya, Phuket and other paradises for a gang of mad dogs and sundry sonzabitches. Thai hippiedom in its 1980s heyday. By the author of The Judgmentand Time, both novels crowned by the SEA Write Award.
CARRION FLOATING BY Chart Korbjitti
Trigger a car crash and you are fair game. Creepy tricks, dry wit. By the author of The Judgment, Mad Dogs & Co, Time and other memorable novels.
THE 20 BEST NOVELS OF THAILAND marcel barang
Everything you wanted to know about modern Thai literature – 20 novels, 18 authors: biographies, plots, book excerpts and book reviews, warts and all.
THE JUDGMENT Chart Korbjitti
All guilty. This epoch-making novel, set in the rural central Thailand of the 1980s, is a scathing satire and chilling endictment of modern society. Winner of the 1982 SEA Write Award.
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MAD DOGS & CO Chart Korbjitti
Patpong, Pattaya, Phuket and other paradises for a gang of mad dogs and sundry sonzabitches. Thai hippiedom in its 1980s heyday. By the author of The Judgmentand Time, both novels crowned by the SEA Write Award.
CARRION FLOATING BY Chart Korbjitti
Trigger a car crash and you are fair game. Creepy tricks, dry wit. By the author of The Judgment, Mad Dogs & Co, Time and other memorable novels.
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