num_pages: 328
description: Kepner's selection shows the many ways fiction has mirrored the lives of Thai women over the twentieth century. The spectrum is broad, encompassing the young and the old, the rural and the cosmopolitan, the privileged and the poor. Some writers address previously unacceptable female sexuality, spousal abuse, gender oppression. Others display a scintillating sense of humor. They touch on many themes―injustice, the heartlessness of society, loneliness, the difficult choices that life presents. Susan Kepner's lyrical, faithful translations preserve the tenor and resonances of these voices, many of which will be heard for the first time by English-speaking readers.
language: English
title: The Lioness in Bloom: Modern Thai Fiction about Women (Voices from Asia)
titlecomplete: The Lioness in Bloom: Modern Thai Fiction about Women (Voices from Asia) (Volume 9)
genres: Fiction, Short Stories
ratings_count: 34
series: Voices from Asia
publisher: University of California Press