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Voices from the Thai Countryside

by Samruam Singh
translated by Katherine A. Bowie
University of Wisconsin Press, 2008
Paper: 978-1-881261-25-4

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Glimpses of village life during a tumultuous period of Thai history

Set in northern Thailand during the mid-1970s, the stories in this collection capture a period of dramatic social and economic change. Amidst a setting of marketplaces and paddyfields, lemon trees and leaf-roofed houses, these vignettes offer revealing insights into the daily lives of ordinary villagers and hillspeople struggling to survive.
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