"His book is, I think, is the first attempt to review a regional contribution to modern Thai literature. He covers a lot of writers, providing capsule biographies, lists of publications and details on their life and work from personal interviews. He sets their work into its political and social context very deftly.
"His book is, I think, is the first attempt to review a regional contribution to modern Thai literature. He covers a lot of writers, providing capsule biographies, lists of publications and details on their life and work from personal interviews. He sets their work into its political and social context very deftly.
…This is a very sympathetic and sensitive study of writers and writing over a half-century of complex politics and shifting cultural forces. Anyone interested in Thai literature and Isan as a region will appreciate this very readable and enlightening study."