Sukhumvit Posted May 16, 2001 Report Share Posted May 16, 2001 How about a new topic concerning literary stuff, books and links. Here goes for starters:- Memoirs of a Bangkok Warrior - Dean Barrett http://www.angelfire.com/de/YumCha/novels.html Cold Hit A Killing Smile - Christopher Moore http://www.cgmoore.com/ Private Dancer - Stephen Leather http://www.stephenleather.com/ The Big Mango Tea Money - Jake Needham http://www.jakeneedham.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 16, 2001 Report Share Posted May 16, 2001 "Culture Shock--Thailand" "Travellers Tales--Thailand" "To Venture Further" -- Tristan Jones (this is an account of a world-renowned sailor who takes his yacht across the waterways of Thailand from Ao Chalong to Surat Thani through the inland waterways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 16, 2001 Report Share Posted May 16, 2001 A Women of Bangkok by ????.. Somebody help me. Written in the 50's but some things never change. Off the Rails In Phnom Penh (Into the Dark Heart of Guns, Girls and Ganja) by Amit Gilboa, Asia Books, 1998. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 16, 2001 Report Share Posted May 16, 2001 Off the Rails is a load of crap. The guy doesn't even give the correct name for the places. They would have loved the exposure. I spoke to some people in PP who told me he was into young ones in PP and his I made my excuses and left line is Bull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhumvit Posted September 2, 2001 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2001 Just finished When Broken Glass Floats by Chanrithy Him It's a very moving book concerning the Cambodian diaspora and particularly the author's autobiographical experiences. Half of her family ended up dead under the Khmer Rouge regime. She's now living in the States helping Khmers suffering with PTSD. From the dustjacket she also looks quite a babe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Kurtz Posted September 3, 2001 Report Share Posted September 3, 2001 Warren Fellows book about his time in a Bangkok prison.Something like my Bangkok Hell,I cant remember.Still a very good read indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashman Posted September 4, 2001 Report Share Posted September 4, 2001 Letters from Thailand This book is a collection of letters written by a Chinese immigrant who arrived in Thailand in the forties. He was from a small village in rural China and the Chinese authorities intercepted his letters to his mother. The man who got hold of them had an obsession with collecting and reading them; in time they ended up being published in Thai and at first caused controversy amongst the Thai authorities. In the end Letters from Thailand became a part of the Thai high school curriculum. The letters are written with amazing detail and flow like a novel. It’s a very good insight into Chinese/Thai relations spanning about thirty years, also a sad and sometimes funny story about family life. The author remains anonymous and still lives in Bangkok. It was also the first Thai book to be translated into English and now sadly out of print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2001 Report Share Posted September 4, 2001 Try “voices from Thailand” I bought this book about 8 or 9 years ago, written by a Thai journalist. It goes on the different live styles, covering each part of Thailand, including a major coverage on the hardship of isaan people working in Bangkok as taxi driver, the slaughter industries, the scene and their treatment as second-class citizens by other Thais. I’m traveling at this moment, but for those interested, I’m more than happy to provide the writers name and other details later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CondomKing Posted September 4, 2001 Report Share Posted September 4, 2001 quote: Originally posted by colonel Kurtz: Warren Fellows book about his time in a Bangkok prison.Something like my Bangkok Hell,I cant remember.Still a very good read indeed. Title is "Damage Done", pretty scary stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2001 Report Share Posted September 4, 2001 Inside Thai Society Subtitled:An Interpretation of Everyday Life by Niels Mulder Written by an anthropologist so it can be a little heavy going in parts, but must be the best book written on the thai. also, Reflections on Thai Culture by William J. Klausner Another excellent book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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