{"product_id":"arid-dreams-by-duanwad-pimwana","title":"Arid Dreams by Duanwad Pimwana","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the 2021 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“A confident writer at the top of her game, with a distinctive skill to conjure unique personalities on the page.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eIn thirteen stories that investigate ordinary and working-class Thailand, characters aspire for more but remain suspended in routine. They bide their time, waiting for an extraordinary event to end their stasis. A politician’s wife imagines her life had her husband’s accident been fatal, a man on death row requests that a friend clear up a misunderstanding with a sex worker, and an elevator attendant feels himself wasting away while trapped, immobile, at his station all day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1773654246896_379\"\u003eWith curious wit, this collection offers revelatory insight and subtle critique, exploring class, gender, and disenchantment in a changing country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“Across these subtle stories of social realism, desire is the infrastructure for everyday life. (…) cleverly exposes the torment of imposed gender roles and their sprawling effect on characters’ psyches.” \u003cstrong\u003e— The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 7 May 2020, Tilted Axis Press\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781911284406\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 256 pages \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57127517946238,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781911284406.jpg?v=1773654298","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/arid-dreams-by-duanwad-pimwana","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}