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Lädt ... Jasmine Nightsvon S. P. Somtow
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. First-person narrative told by a young man growing up in Bangkok, Thailand. The author occasionally slips into something that resembles magical realism, but Bangkok can be a bit like that at times...Gives one a good feel for what it's like to live there. ( ) This is the first book I've ever read by Somtow, whom I've known and worked with as a musician. It's been a while since I've read it so this may not be an entirely fair review, but it was an interesting and sometimes fantastic and disturbing (particularly as I know Somtow!) book about a boy growing up in a Siam of a different era. It's incredible that only a few decades separate the Bangkok of the novel and that of today. I hope to go back and re-read it again. I experienced this book on two levels. First, as a reader open to learning about Bangkok of the early 1960's and the characters of this book. In that guise I loved the beauty of the book -- its well-crafted setting, the unique characters, the moving of this twelve-year-old boy -- a reluctant Thai grasping to his foreign background -- into early manhood. On this level the book was very rewarding. But where did it fall down for me? Well, it's personal. It was just difficult to read the coming of age of a 12-yo boy when I have an 11-1/2 yo son that I cannot begin to see in those terms! Argh! (Or as the book would say -eeugh.) -- Review written 2003 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Justin, who is Thai, must overcome the keen angst of growing up by sorting out his feelings and emotions, the strangeness of his body and of the world, and the meaning of friendship and love. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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