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Behind the Painting

by Siburapha ...

Translated by David Smyth ...

One of Thailand’s best-known and most highly regarded novels, portraying the romance of a young Thai man and a married older woman‘In that tranquil and apparently very ordinary picture, I see everything unfolding. Every scene, every part, from the beginning to the final act’Nopporn, a Thai student studying in Japan, is tasked with hosting a distinguished old family friend and his new wife, the ... Read more

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One of Thailand’s best-known and most highly regarded novels, portraying the romance of a young Thai man and a married older woman‘In that tranquil and apparently very ordinary picture, I see everything unfolding. Every scene, every part, from the beginning to the final act’Nopporn, a Thai student studying in Japan, is tasked with hosting a distinguished old family friend and his new wife, the
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Notes of a Crocodile

by Qiu Miaojin ...

Translated by Bonnie Huie ...

Series series NYRB Classics
WINNER OF THE 2018 LUCIEN STRYK ASIAN TRANSLATION PRIZEThe English-language premiere of Qiu Miaojin's coming-of-age novel about queer teenagers in Taiwan, a cult classic in China and winner of the 1995 China Times Literature Award.An NYRB Classics OriginalSet in the post-martial-law era of late-1980s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile is a coming-of-age story of queer misfits discovering love, ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE 2018 LUCIEN STRYK ASIAN TRANSLATION PRIZEThe English-language premiere of Qiu Miaojin's coming-of-age novel about queer teenagers in Taiwan, a cult classic in China and winner of the 1995 China Times Literature Award.An NYRB Classics OriginalSet in the post-martial-law era of late-1980s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile is a coming-of-age story of queer misfits discovering love,
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Murder at the House of Rooster Happiness

by David Casarett ...

Series Book 1 - Ethical Chiang Mai Detective Agency
"A charming mystery" featuring a nurse ethicist turned amateur sleuth investigating serial murders in a Thai hospital is "a delight" (Vaseem Khan, author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series).Meet Ladarat Patalung—the first and only nurse detective in Thailand. Two nights ago, a young woman brought her husband into the emergency room of the Sriphat Hospital in Thailand, where he passed away. ... Read more

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"A charming mystery" featuring a nurse ethicist turned amateur sleuth investigating serial murders in a Thai hospital is "a delight" (Vaseem Khan, author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series).Meet Ladarat Patalung—the first and only nurse detective in Thailand. Two nights ago, a young woman brought her husband into the emergency room of the Sriphat Hospital in Thailand, where he passed away.
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The Man Who Wanted to Be Happy

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At the end of a holiday in Bali, Julian, an unhappy schoolteacher decides to meet a renowned local healer, Samtyang. Through daily sessions at the wise man's house, he begins to identify the source of his unhappiness as a series of simple questions and answers point to his own limiting beliefs and fears. Day after day, their dialogue is punctuated by live examples and challenges Julian is asked to ... Read more

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At the end of a holiday in Bali, Julian, an unhappy schoolteacher decides to meet a renowned local healer, Samtyang. Through daily sessions at the wise man's house, he begins to identify the source of his unhappiness as a series of simple questions and answers point to his own limiting beliefs and fears. Day after day, their dialogue is punctuated by live examples and challenges Julian is asked to
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The Missing Guests of the Magic Grove Hotel

by David Casarett ...

Series Book 2 - Ethical Chiang Mai Detective Agency
A fascinating mystery featuring Ladarat Patalung, the first and only nurse detective in Thailand.As a nurse ethicist, Ladarat Patalung works to save the lives of her patients, and to make sure the ones she can't save have at least the dignity of a "good death."But when wealthy foreign travelers start to go missing all across Thailand, Detective Wiriya Mookjai fears that a killer is at large, and ... Read more

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A fascinating mystery featuring Ladarat Patalung, the first and only nurse detective in Thailand.As a nurse ethicist, Ladarat Patalung works to save the lives of her patients, and to make sure the ones she can't save have at least the dignity of a "good death."But when wealthy foreign travelers start to go missing all across Thailand, Detective Wiriya Mookjai fears that a killer is at large, and
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The Sad Part Was

by Prabda Yoon ...

Translated by Mui Poopoksakul ...

Winner, English PEN Translates Award Winner, Southeast Asian Write Award. Selected as a ‘Book to Look Out For in 2017’ by the Guardian and BuzzFeed. In these witty, postmodern stories, Yoon riffs on pop culture, experiments with punctuation, flirts with sci-fi and, in a metafictional twist, mocks his own position as omnipotent author. Highly literary, his narratives offer an oblique reflection of ... Read more

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Winner, English PEN Translates Award Winner, Southeast Asian Write Award. Selected as a ‘Book to Look Out For in 2017’ by the Guardian and BuzzFeed. In these witty, postmodern stories, Yoon riffs on pop culture, experiments with punctuation, flirts with sci-fi and, in a metafictional twist, mocks his own position as omnipotent author. Highly literary, his narratives offer an oblique reflection of
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Fish Girl

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by David Wiesner, Donna Jo Napoli ...

The triple Caldecott winner David Wiesner brings his rich visual imagination and trademark artistry to the graphic novel format in a unique coming-of-age tale that begins underwater. A young mermaid, called Fish Girl, in a boardwalk aquarium has a chance encounter with an ordinary girl. Their growing friendship inspires Fish Girl's longing for freedom, independence, and a life beyond the aquarium ... Read more

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The triple Caldecott winner David Wiesner brings his rich visual imagination and trademark artistry to the graphic novel format in a unique coming-of-age tale that begins underwater. A young mermaid, called Fish Girl, in a boardwalk aquarium has a chance encounter with an ordinary girl. Their growing friendship inspires Fish Girl's longing for freedom, independence, and a life beyond the aquarium
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The Ink Readers of Doi Saket

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by Thomas Olde Heuvelt ...

Series series A Tor.Com Original
People send their dreams and wishes floating down the Mae Ping River with the hope that those dreams will be captured, read and come true. It is a surprise what some wish for and why. One can never know what's inside someone's heart - what they really truly want, and those dreams sometimes reveal our true selves.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management ... Read more

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People send their dreams and wishes floating down the Mae Ping River with the hope that those dreams will be captured, read and come true. It is a surprise what some wish for and why. One can never know what's inside someone's heart - what they really truly want, and those dreams sometimes reveal our true selves.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management
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Arid Dreams

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by Duanwad Pimwana ...

Translated by Mui Poopoksakul ...

"One of Thailand's preeminent female writers . . . Each of her stories poses its own moral challenge, pleasurable and unsettling at once . . . phenomenal." —NPR.orgIn 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 ... Read more

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"One of Thailand's preeminent female writers . . . Each of her stories poses its own moral challenge, pleasurable and unsettling at once . . . phenomenal." —NPR.orgIn 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
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Ticket to Childhood

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by Nguyen Nhat Anh ...

"This charming short work recalls The Little Prince in its depiction of childhood sensibilities pitted against an often illogical and absurd adult world" ( Publishers Weekly).A fable for all ages and a massive bestseller in the author's home country of Vietnam, Ticket to Childhood captures the texture of childhood in all of its richness. Narrated by a man looking back, it explores the small ... Read more

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"This charming short work recalls The Little Prince in its depiction of childhood sensibilities pitted against an often illogical and absurd adult world" ( Publishers Weekly).A fable for all ages and a massive bestseller in the author's home country of Vietnam, Ticket to Childhood captures the texture of childhood in all of its richness. Narrated by a man looking back, it explores the small
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Pearl's Ocean Magic (Dolphin School #1)

by Catherine Hapka ...

Illustrated by Hollie Hibbert ...

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Going to dolphin school under the sea is a magical experience for Pearl and her friends!Pearl is a magical dolphin of the Salty Sea, and today is her first day of school. Her classmates Echo and Splash make great new friends! Together they start learning dolphin skills like magic, music, and jumping.But another student, Flip, just won't stop bragging. And when he accepts a dare from an older ... Read more

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Going to dolphin school under the sea is a magical experience for Pearl and her friends!Pearl is a magical dolphin of the Salty Sea, and today is her first day of school. Her classmates Echo and Splash make great new friends! Together they start learning dolphin skills like magic, music, and jumping.But another student, Flip, just won't stop bragging. And when he accepts a dare from an older
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Ghosts

A Thai novel

by SEINEE SAOWAPHONG ...

Series series THAI MODERN CLASSICS
Sai Seema, a lawyer from the paddy fields,has his work cut out for him helping his farming relativesand convincing his lover's aristocratic parentsthat he deserves her hand.This prophetic, 1953 novel about the ghosts of time and rising radicalism in Thai societyis widely considered as a masterpiece of art-for-life literature in twentieth-century Thailand. ... Read more

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Sai Seema, a lawyer from the paddy fields,has his work cut out for him helping his farming relativesand convincing his lover's aristocratic parentsthat he deserves her hand.This prophetic, 1953 novel about the ghosts of time and rising radicalism in Thai societyis widely considered as a masterpiece of art-for-life literature in twentieth-century Thailand.
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