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Monsoon Country

by Leonard H. Le Blanc III August 5, 2020
written by Leonard H. Le Blanc III August 5, 2020

by Pira Sudham

Shire Asia, 2002, 249 pages. www.dco.co.th

I met Pira Sudham back in 1995 when I was teaching English at a small Thai teacher’s college right along the Thai-Burmese border. He came to speak to the students. I thought we had an interesting conversation. The man was very self effacing, humble, sincere, and highly intelligent. He spoke fluent English.

Khun Sudham is widely known as the best Thai author writing in English. He was nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1990. The man writes from his deep heart. His novels contrast the struggles between rich and poor, East and West, poverty, corruption, and all the wrenching changes Thailand has seen for over half a century. Between the old ways and modernisation, to those who are being left behind and those who managed to get ahead. All done in a deeply heartfelt way.

Monsoon country is filled with all those elements, about a young boy’s journey through life, what he encounters then his reflections on his sometimes harrowing trip. Monsoon Country is the best literature in English. 5 stars.

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Leonard H. Le Blanc III

The author is the Dean, Vice-President for Institutional Advancement and Professor of Social Sciences and Human Security at the American University of Sovereign Nations, a new on-line, U.S.-based university and also General Manager of SEATE Services. Additionally he is a Contributing Editor of Expat Life in Thailand magazine. Len has written and been a story contributor for TIME Magazine, Literary Editor for the Pattaya Trader magazine and authored four books on Amazon. He has also edited numerous books for the White Lotus Press. He holds nine academic degrees, has travelled extensively and lived all around the world and a retired U.S. Naval Reserve officer. He currently lives in Bangkok, Thailand with his wife Lena, daughter L.J. and son J.L.

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