Bangkok Days (eBook)

A Sojourn in the Capital of Pleasure
Artikelnummer: 978-1-4299-5732-8
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A PASSIONATE, AFFECTIONATE RECORD OF ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES IN THE WORLD'S HOTTEST METROPOLIS Tourists come to Bangkok for many reasons-a sex change operation, a night with two prostitutes dressed as nuns, a stay in a luxury hotel. Lawrence Osborne comes for the cheap dentistry. Broke (but no longer in pain), he finds that he can live in Bangkok on a few dollars a day. And so the restless exile stays. Osborne's is a visceral experience of Bangkok, whether he's wandering the canals that fill the old city; dining at the No Hands Restaurant, where his waitress feeds him like a baby; or launching his own notably unsuccessful career as a gigolo. A guide without inhibitions, Osborne takes us to a feverish place where a strange blend of ancient Buddhist practice and new sexual mores has created a version of modernity only superficially indebted to the West. Bangkok Days is a love letter to the city that revived Osborne's faith in adventure and the world.

A PASSIONATE, AFFECTIONATE RECORD OF ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES IN THE WORLD'S HOTTEST METROPOLIS Tourists come to Bangkok for many reasons-a sex change operation, a night with two prostitutes dressed as nuns, a stay in a luxury hotel. Lawrence Osborne comes for the cheap dentistry. Broke (but no longer in pain), he finds that he can live in Bangkok on a few dollars a day. And so the restless exile stays. Osborne's is a visceral experience of Bangkok, whether he's wandering the canals that fill the old city; dining at the No Hands Restaurant, where his waitress feeds him like a baby; or launching his own notably unsuccessful career as a gigolo. A guide without inhibitions, Osborne takes us to a feverish place where a strange blend of ancient Buddhist practice and new sexual mores has created a version of modernity only superficially indebted to the West. Bangkok Days is a love letter to the city that revived Osborne's faith in adventure and the world.

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VerlagNorth Point Press
EinbandAdobe Digital Editions
Erscheinungsjahr2009
Seitenangabe300 S.
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
Masse2'089 KB
PlattformEPUB
AutorOsborne, Lawrence

Über den Autor Lawrence Osborne

Lawrence Osborne is a critically acclaimed novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. Osborne is the author of eight novels, including Ballad of a Small Player, Beautiful Animals, and The Forgiven, which was adapted into a film starring Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain. Ballad of a Small Player was most recently adapted into a Netflix film starring Colin Farrell and Tilda Swinton. In the past decade, four of his novels have been New York Times Notable Book selections and chosen as best books of the year by The Economist, The Guardian, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and NPR. Osborne is also the founder of London based production company Java Road.

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