Voices From the Thai Countryside: "The Necklace" and Other Stories

by Samruam Singh, Katherine A. Bowie (Translation)

Glimpses of village life during a tumultuous period of Thai history

Set in northern Thailand during the mid-1970s, the stories in this collection capture a period of dramatic social and economic change. Amidst a setting of marketplaces and paddyfields, lemon trees and leaf-roofed houses, these vignettes offer revealing insights into the daily lives of ordinary villagers and hillspeople struggling to survive.

152 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2004

Reviews

[Sandra]

*Required reading for Poli Sci 244: Southeast Asia at UW-Madison

[Gabriel Jongema]

it was chill or whatever