{"product_id":"arid-dreams-stories-paperback","title":"Arid Dreams: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDuanwad Pimwana\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMui Poopoksakul\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA social realist exploration from Thailand's preeminent contemporary woman writer: each of her stories poses its own moral challenge, pleasurable and unsettling at once. (NPR.org)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith curious wit, this collection offers revelatory insight and subtle critique, exploring class, gender, and disenchantment in a changing country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuanwad Pimwana\u003c\/strong\u003e (b. 1969) is consistently regarded as an important female voice in contemporary Thai literature. She won the S.E.A. Write Award, Southeast Asia's most prestigious literary prize, in 2003 for her novel \u003cem\u003eChangsamran\u003c\/em\u003e, and is one of only six women to have won the Thai section of the award. Born to farmer parents, Pimwana attended a vocational school and started off as a journalist at a local newspaper. She published her first short story at the age of twenty and quickly gained recognition, earning awards from PEN International Thailand and the acclaimed Thai literary magazine \u003cem\u003eChorkaraket\u003c\/em\u003e. Known for fusing touches of magic realism with social realism, she has written nine books. English translations of her work have appeared in \u003cem\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/em\u003e's Translation Tuesday column. The author currently lives in her native seaside province of Chonburi, located on the Thai east coast. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMui Poopoksakul\u003c\/strong\u003e is a lawyer-turned-translator with a special interest in contemporary Thai literature. Her first book-length translation \u003cem\u003eThe Sad Part Was\u003c\/em\u003e (Tilted Axis Press 2017), a short story collection by Prabda Yoon, won a PEN Translates award. Her work has also appeared in various literary journals, including \u003cem\u003eTwo Lines\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Quarterly Conversation\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eIn Other Words\u003c\/em\u003e. She studied literature as an undergraduate at Harvard College, and holds an MA in cultural translation from the American University of Paris. A native of Bangkok, she currently resides in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769915179296,"sku":"9781936932566","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/58ac8dbe75f818709248efce9469db8f.webp?v=1780359700","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/arid-dreams-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}