In 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.
With curious wit, this collection offers revelatory insight and subtle critique, exploring class, gender, and disenchantment in a changing country.
- ISBN13 9781911284406
- Publish Date 7 May 2020 (first published 16 April 2019)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Tilted Axis Press
- Format Paperback
- Language English