<< 1 >>
Rating: 
Summary: Superb
Review: I am a daugther of a successful Chinese merchant father in Bangkok, Thailand. The story in this book did not only teach me about the Chinese traditional cultures & wisdoms, it helped me understand my father and the thoughts of previous generations better.
Rating: 
Summary: Cross-Generation Wisdom
Review: I am a daugther of a successful Chinese merchant father in Bangkok, Thailand. The story in this book did not only teach me about the Chinese traditional cultures & wisdoms, it helped me understand my father and the thoughts of previous generations better.
Rating:
Summary: Cross-Generation Wisdom
Review: I am a daugther of a successful Chinese merchant father in Bangkok, Thailand. The story in this book did not only teach me about the Chinese traditional cultures & wisdoms, it helped me understand my father and the thoughts of previous generations better.
Rating:
Summary: wonderful book
Review: It is a very good book. Once I started reading I could not put it down until I finished reading it.
Rating:
Summary: Superb
Review: It's rumored that the writer is a successful millionaire living in Bangkok. This book is a must read about Thai culture and how open it is to immigrants willing to work hard and persevere. It also attests to the Chinese work ethic.
Rating:
Summary: story of a chinese family assimilating in Thai culture
Review: This a wonderful story of a Chinese family assimilating in Thai culture. Story is based on the letters written by the main character Suang U, living in Thailand to his mother, in China. It is a great book. Every one should read it.
Rating:
Summary: Fascinating cultural look at Thailand and its Chinese Immigr
Review: This is the equivalent of A Bintel Brief which depicts Jewish immigrants to the U.S. The letters are said to be based on an actual Thai-Chinese immigrant's letters to his mother in China, which went undelivered but were read by her postman.
Rating:
Summary: << Beautiful epic >>
Review: This novel depicts the life of a Chinese migrant who escaped the utter poverty of rural China for greener pastures in Thailand. Tan Suang U's story is told as a compilation of letters he wrote to his mom in China in a period of 20 years from his arrival in Bangkok in 1945.A typical tale of rags to riches.
Typical of many "ugly Chinamen", Tan's observations and criticisms of Thai culture are candid and unrefined but also refreshingly honest. Proud of his culture which emphasis honest hard work and frugality, he is destined to be disappointed as within just one generation, his family's cultural identity is lost. Botans writing style is fluent, brilliant, vivid and full of color. This book won the Siatu literature prize in 1970 and it is one of very few novels that were translated from Thai. I know it is out of print for a long time but it is worth waiting and looking for.
<< 1 >>
| 
