220. Sightseeing

Rating:  ☆☆☆1/2

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Author:  Rattawut Lapcharoensap

Genre:  Fiction, Short Stories, Foreign, Travel

250 pages, published December 12, 2005

Reading Format:  Book

 

Summary

Sightseeing is a collection of short stories by Thai-American writer Rattawut Lapcharoensap.  Lapcharoensap explores themes such as coming of age, family ties, young  romance, generational conflicts, standing up to bullies, and cultural changes in contemporary Thailand.

 

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My Take

At the end of March, 2018, I am taking my 16 year old daughter to Bangkok and Phuket, Thailand for a two week trip.  In advance of our journey, I wanted to read some books that would reveal some of Thailand to me.  Sightseeing fills that bill with interesting stories about Thai natives and the kinds of lives they lead.  I was also pleasantly surprised at how good the stories were on their own merits.  Lapcharoensap knows how to hook a reader in, especially towards the end of the book.  If you are going to Thailand, or even if you aren’t, I can recommend the short stories in Sightseeing.