Arid Dreams
ISBN-13: 9781911284406
Author(s): Duanwad Pimwana
Subjects: FYT
Publisher: Tilted Axis Press
Publisher Imprint: Tilted Axis Press
Publication Date: 21-05-2020
Format: Paperback / softback
Availability: In stock
£11.99
About the book
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 sex worker, 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.