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Title: The Dream of a Thousand Lives: A Sojourn in Thailand by Karen Connelly ISBN: 1-58005-062-X Publisher: Seal Press Pub. Date: 10 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: elegant and lush
Comment: I so enjoyed this beautiful memoir. I felt a part of the Thai culture and landscape. There are many charming scenes and deliberately precious characters. I was sad to leave the story when it ended. The perspective of the narrator is young- that infuriating mix of superiority and naivete. But the voice was fresh and interesting, and I enjoyed getting to know her.
Rating: 5
Summary: Exceptional!
Comment: This is by far the best written book I have ever read. The Dream of a Thousand Lives chronicles the year Connelly spends as an exchange student in Asia. Tired of "the marvels of Calgary," Connelly sets off to Thailand with curiosity and a briefcase full of licorice and loose-leaf. As Connelly explains, the ants devoured the licorice in the first week, but the paper survived.
Connelly never resorts to decorative travel writing, but sticks to a witty and unfailingly honest account of her time in Thailand. The book, (originally titled "Touch the Dragon" in Canada) consists of a chronological collection of the author's journal entries, detailing her time in Denchai (living at a the Thai Liquor Store owned by her first host family) to her travels to Bangkok and Chang Mai.
Connelly possesses a rare ability to convey the strange labyrinth of lives and experiences she encounters in the small farming Village of Denchai into a lyrical fluid narrative. This is a book that you will not be able to put down.
Rating: 5
Summary: I visited Thailand through this book
Comment: Superb book. I couldn't put it down - bought it yesterday & read until I fell asleep then finished this morning. I felt as though I was there, travelling with her. She has a great sense of humor that is splashed throughout the book. I truly had a sense of how she felt on her year long visit there. I'm so glad she shared her memories.
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Title: Travelers' Tales Thailand: True Stories by James O'Reilly, Larry Habegger ISBN: 1885211759 Publisher: Travelers' Tales Inc Pub. Date: 09 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Kingdom of Make-Believe: A Novel of Thailand by Dean Barrett ISBN: 0966189906 Publisher: Village East Books Pub. Date: 15 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Thailand (Thailand, 10th Ed) by Joe Cummings, Sandra Bao, Steven Martin, China Williams ISBN: 1740593561 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.99 |
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Title: Culture Shock! Thailand by Robert Cooper, Nanthapa Cooper ISBN: 1558687572 Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co. Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Thai Phrasebook (LONELY PLANET THAI PHRASEBOOK) by Joe Cummings ISBN: 0864426585 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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