This epoch-making novel, set in the rural central Thailand of the 1980s,is a scathing satire and chilling endictment of modern society,which makes heroes of 'fuckin' cheats'and condemns upright citizens out of sheer hypocrisy.It earned its author his first SEA Write Award in 1982.Twelve years later, his second award, for Time,confirmed Chart Korbjitti as the most outstanding novelist of his generation

Thirteen short stories spanning a quarter centuryby the most incisive Thai satirist of the times

Thai hippiedom in its 1980s heyday.First serialised in a women's magazine,yet another masterpiece by the author of1982 SEA Write Award winning The Judgment and 1994 SEA Write Award winning Time.

Take half a dozen old women, a monk, sundry vendors,a few kids, a movie director, a madman and a half-wit;add a soda bottle and the silver shadow of lotuses;shake well; and presto:rich and taut and sweet and tart, Time,crowned by the 1994 SEA Write Award,is a masterly cocktail of laughs and tears.A must-read for all over forty– and for all those of all ages who want to understandthe changing values of Thai society

Trigger a car crash and you are fair game.A laugh-aloud look at the workings of Thai society today when it comes to milking a sucker dry.But when said sucker is into advertising, isn't it tit for tat?By the twice SEA Write Award winner of The Judgment (1982) and Time (1994) as well as

Bangkok in the late 70s.A tenanted house between jungle and modern civilisation.The girl next door is struck down by cancer and goes for Thai cures.Alternately self-righteous, smug, kindly and selfish,the male narrator is caught between the temptation to helpand the need to look after number one.This not so ordinary story, whose narrative techniqueis akin to Albert Camus's The Fall, has an altogether different import:the gir...

Ce deuxième numéro hors-série de la revue Jentayu offre un panorama unique de la littérature thaïlandaise contemporaine, "une architecture de proses et de poésies formant un portrait d'une littérature peu connue d'un pays mondialement touristique", comme l'écrit Jean-Noël Orengo dans son avant-propos. Dix-neuf auteurs différents, pour la plupart traduits pour la première fois en français. Un recueil richement illustré grace aux travaux originaux de trois ...

La revue semestrielle Jentayu (ISSN 2426-2536) est dédiée à la traduction de textes courts ou d'extraits de roman. À chaque numéro, entre douze et quinze textes provenant d'une variété de pays et de régions d'Asie sont sélectionnés sur un thème donné et traduits par des traducteurs chevronnés. Pour certains de ces textes, ils sont aussi mis en contexte sur le site internet de *Jentayu*par le ...