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Comrade Aeon's Field Guide to Bangkok
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Emma Larkin
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Explore Bangkok's soul beyond touristic veneer.
If you're feeling wanderlust for the vibrant streets of Bangkok with a yearning to understand its deeper essence, "Comrade Aeon's Field Guide to Bangkok" could be the companion you need. It peels back the glossy facade of tourism and takes you on an intimate journey through the city's heart, showing Bangkok through a local's loving, critical eye.
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Comrade Aeon's Field Guide to Bangkok
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Emma Larkin
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ISBN: 9781783786206
Authors:
Emma Larkin
Publisher: Granta Books
Date of Publication: 2022-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics:
Asian Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.85
(rated by 193 readers)
Description
In Bangkok, a plot of land behind a city slum resonates with the hopes, dreams and fears of the local community. For Comrade Aeon, a homeless insurgent who fled to the jungle after a military crackdown on student protestors in 1976, it’s a verdant refuge and the place from which he documents the underbelly of the city. For Ida Barnes, an ex-pat whose husband may be cheating on her, it’s an inviting retreat. For Witty, an urbane property developer married to one of the city’s most famous movie stars, it’s a ‘Bangkok Unicorn’ – that rare chance to make his mark on the Bangkok skyline. But the slum-dwelling spirits who guard its secrets know that it holds a much darker history, that it masks the silent politics at the heart of Thai culture.
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Explore Bangkok's soul beyond touristic veneer.
If you're feeling wanderlust for the vibrant streets of Bangkok with a yearning to understand its deeper essence, "Comrade Aeon's Field Guide to Bangkok" could be the companion you need. It peels back the glossy facade of tourism and takes you on an intimate journey through the city's heart, showing Bangkok through a local's loving, critical eye.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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