When author finds moments of beauty, also in bleak settings.

Be it dazzling temples or spectacular palaces, each of these famous places has an intriguing story to tell you. It began as a small trading centre and port community on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River some 200 years ago. Today in Bangkok glory of its illustrious past still prevails. Apart from its beauty, it symbolises the founding of the new capital after Ayutthaya fell. Constructed during the first half of the 19th century (in the ancient Khmer style), the stupa showcasing ornate floral pattern decked out in glazed porcelain is stunning up close. Wat Arun’s towering spires, is one of the most recognised in Southeast Asia.

He treads the line between serious socio-political points about the way in which Thais are debased by flogging themselves and a version of their culture to foreigners. RATTAWUT LAPCHAROENSAP he was born in Chicago, raising in Bangkok. Sightseeing is a collection of stories all set in Thailand. He graduated from the University of Michigan, with an MFA in creative writing. His stories have appeared in Glimmer Train, as well as Harcourt’s Best New American Voices series.He currently lives in Bangkok, where teaches high-school English.

In Sightseeing, you can read about youthful romance and generational conflicts where RATTAWUT LAPCHAROENSAP offers a affectionate view of life in a Southeast Asian country that is absorbing the waves of the Westernization. The story relates a brief affair with an American girl. Reading, you will know a Thai teenager living in a beach resort. He watches Rambo on TV and has a pet pig called Clint Eastwood. The story is full of amusing cultural reversals. This novel is political and angry about the corrupt, poverty-stricken condition of Thailand. Every story is driven by a warmth and a belief in humanity that allows for touching special moments, without straying into kitsch.

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