A young woman tries to outpace the long shadow of her political past. A jazz pianist in the age of rock, haunted by his own ghosts, is summoned to appease the resident spirits. A post-WWII society woman marries, mothers, and holds court, little suspecting her solitary future. A missionary doctor pines for his native New England even as he succumbs to the vibrant chaos of nineteenth-century Siam. You can read this before Bangkok Wakes to Rain PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.Ī house in Bangkok is the confluence of lives shaped by upheaval, memory, and the lure of home.
Here is a quick description and cover image of book Bangkok Wakes to Rain written by Pitchaya Sudbanthad which was published in February 19, 2019. Bangkok Wakes to Rain is an elegy for what time erases and a love song to all that persists, yearning, into the unknowable future.Brief Summary of Book: Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad Time collapses as these lives collide and converge, linked by the forces voraciously making and remaking the amphibious, ever-morphing capital itself. And in a New Krungthep yet to come, savvy teenagers row tourists past landmarks of the drowned old city they themselves do not remember. In the present, a young woman tries to outpace the long shadow of her political past.
A jazz pianist in the age of rock, haunted by his own ghosts, is summoned to appease the house's resident spirits. A post-World War II society woman marries, mothers, and holds court, little suspecting her solitary fate. "Important, ambitious, and accomplished." -Mohsin Hamid, New York Times bestselling author of Exit WestĪ missionary doctor pines for his native New England even as he succumbs to the vibrant chaos of nineteenth-century Siam. "Recreates the experience of living in Thailand's aqueous climate so viscerally that you can feel the water rising around your ankles." -Ron Charles, Washington Post
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