The King of Bangkok

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Claudio Sopranzetti

▪Sara Fabbri

▪Chiara Natalucci

Verlag:

University of Toronto Press

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: VDYD239

EAN: 9781487526412

Erhältlich:

Nicht auf Lager

Zustellung: Di, 21.07.2026

Versand: Kostenlos

CHF 51.–

Beschreibung

The English translation of this bestselling graphic novel tells the story of Nok, an old blind man who sells lottery tickets in Bangkok, as he decides to leave the city and return to his native village. Through reflections on contemporary Bangkok and flashbacks to his past, Nok reconstructs a journey through the slums of migrant workers, the rice fields of Isaan, the tourist villages of Ko Pha Ngan, and the Red Shirt protests of 2010. Based on a decade of anthropological research, The King of Bangkok is a story of migration to the city, distant families in the countryside, economic development eroding the land, and violent political protest. Ultimately, it is a story about contemporary Thailand and how the waves of history lift, engulf, and crash against ordinary people.

Spezifikationen

Sprache

Englisch

Autor

Claudio Sopranzetti
Sara Fabbri
Chiara Natalucci

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Format

Buch (Softcover)

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