Another Bangkok
Reflections on the City
$25.43
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2021
Summary
The essential book for anyone visiting Bangkok - a wonderful mixture of history and culture - from the author of Lost Japan
One of Asia’s most extraordinary cities, Bangkok is also one of the most baffling. It is filled with remarkable people and glittering golden palaces and temples, but is also a maze of concrete and twisting overhead utility wires. Alex Kerr has spent over thirty years of his life living in Bangkok and is uniquely qualified to write about it. As with his bestsellin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141987170 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141987170 |
| Author: | Alex Kerr |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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Praise for Another Kyoto
Praise for Another Kyoto * (2018) *Kerr’s way of questioning and puzzling through is hugely enjoyable in its own right, and pleasingly infectious. – Christopher Harding * Spectator *Captivating, informal … Kerr is the perfect guide. – PD Smith * Guardian *Rich … Kerr’s combination of instinct and erudition serve him well … there is something fresh and chirpy about the text, even when it deals with the most esoteric or arcane of subjects. – Stephen Mansfield * Japan Times *
About The Author
Alex Kerr
Alex Kerr is an American writer and Japanologist whose previous books include Lost Japan, Dogs and Demons and Another Kyoto (with Kathy Arlyn Sokol). He was the first foreigner to be awarded the Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize for the best work of non-fiction published in Japan. First visiting Bangkok in the 1970s, since 1990 he has lived half of each year in Kyoto, the other half in Bangkok.
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