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Arid Dreams

Mui Poopoksakul

3.2/5 ( ratings)

In thirteen stories that investigate ordinary and working-class Thailand, characters aspire for more but remain suspended in routine. They bide their time, waiting for an extraordinary event to end their stasis. A politician’s wife imagines her life had her husband’s accident been fatal, a man on death row requests that a friend clear up a misunderstanding with a prostitute, and an elevator attendant feels himself wasting away while trapped, immobile, at his station all day.

With curious wit, this collection offers revelatory insight and subtle critique, exploring class, gender, and disenchantment in a changing country.

Language: English

Pages: 216

Format: Paperback

Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY

Release: April 16, 2019

ISBN: 1936932563

ISBN 13: 9781936932566

Arid Dreams

Mui Poopoksakul

3.2/5 ( ratings)

In thirteen stories that investigate ordinary and working-class Thailand, characters aspire for more but remain suspended in routine. They bide their time, waiting for an extraordinary event to end their stasis. A politician’s wife imagines her life had her husband’s accident been fatal, a man on death row requests that a friend clear up a misunderstanding with a prostitute, and an elevator attendant feels himself wasting away while trapped, immobile, at his station all day.

With curious wit, this collection offers revelatory insight and subtle critique, exploring class, gender, and disenchantment in a changing country.

Language: English

Pages: 216

Format: Paperback

Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY

Release: April 16, 2019

ISBN: 1936932563

ISBN 13: 9781936932566

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