The landlady in Bangkok / Karen Swenson.
The landlady in Bangkok / Karen Swenson.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Port Townsend, WA : Copper Canyon Press, c1994.
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N811.54/S974.7/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
96 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
What Does a Woman Want? -- Cold Blood -- The Garden Again -- The Beast -- Hatching -- Orangutan Rehab -- Missionaries -- Manokwari, Irian Jaya -- Stalking Lemurs -- Sulawesi: Balconies of the Dead -- The Angel of Death in Sumatra -- Market Women: Lake Toba -- The Bracelet -- The Balinese Witch Docto...
One at Play in the Fields of -- Bayon, Angkor Thom -- Time and the Perfume River -- My Lai -- The Cham Towers at Danang -- We.
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Publisher
Port Townsend, WA : Copper Canyon Press, c1994.
Series
Place of Publication
Washington (State)
Date Published
c1994.
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Summary
Probing the local genius as expressed in history and customs, Swenson absorbs the anguish of colonization and dictatorship to reveal ordinary people and events with a sardonic humor, pathos and hope. Her travels arrive at moral ambiguities where cultures clash and where the human population devastates the natural environment. With remarkable techni...
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Full title
The landlady in Bangkok / Karen Swenson.
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Author / Creator
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National poetry series.
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Date Copyright
c1994.
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N811.54/S974.7/1
Record Identifier
74VK7QAlEdZl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7QAlEdZl
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ISBN
1556590679 :
9781556590672 :
DDC
811.54
MMS ID
991022921149702626
