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Letters from Thailand by Botan; Morell, Susan Fulop Kepner (translator) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Letters from Thailand about?

Translator's IntroductionImmigrants, strangers in a new land, know the same joys and sorrows the world over. Letters from Thailand is the story of a man who left China to make his fortune in Thailand; married there and raised a family; operated a successful business; and wrote letters to his mother back home in China, the letters which comprise this book.Is it fiction? That question was the first one asked by readers of the original Thai version, which appeared in Bangkok in 1969 and promptly was awarded the SEATO Prize for Thai Literature for that year. The story was based, to a large extent, on the experiences of the author's family, friends, and neighbors. It isn't any one family and, of course, it is almost everyone's family. Rare is the person in this day and age who lives in the town where his great-great grandfather was born, or who has ever visited that ancestor's grave, to place flowers and pay respects. We are all the products of our parents' and grandparents' ambitions for a better life in a more amenable environment.Tan Suang U, writer of letters and man of business, was much like other Chinese immigrants in Thailand in these respects: he believed that hard work and ded

Who reads Letters from Thailand?

Author

Botan; Morell, Susan Fulop Kepner (translator)

Publisher

Bangkok : D.K. Book House

Published

1977

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Biography, General & Miscellaneous Biography