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ดูเหมือนชีวิตของนายอิสรภาพจะ "สลาย" ไปด้วยทั้งทางจิตใจและร่างกาย
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แต่เมื่อวัตถุที่เขาคลุกคลีมาเกือบทั้งชีวิตกำลังสลายสภาพ
ดูเหมือนชีวิตของนายอิสรภาพจะ "สลาย" ไปด้วยทั้งทางจิตใจและร่างกาย
ขณะเดียวกันนั้น ชีวิตของหญิงสาวคนหนึ่งก็อาจต้อง "สลาย" ลงเพราะเขา
- GenresShort Stories
48 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2010
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Prabda Yoon
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Prabda Yoon (Thai: ปราบดา หยุ่น; RTGS: Prapda Yun; born 2 August 1973 in Bangkok) is a Thai writer, novelist, filmmaker, artist, graphic designer, magazine editor, screenwriter, translator and media personality. His literary debut, Muang Moom Shak (City of Right Angles), a collection of five related stories about New York City, and the follow-up story collection, Kwam Na Ja Pen (Probability), both published in 2000, immediately turned him into "...the talk of the town..." In 2002, Kwam Na Ja Pen won the S.E.A. Write Award, an award presented to accomplished Southeast Asian writers and poets.
Prabda has been prolific, having written over 20 books of fiction and nonfiction in ten years, designed over 100 book covers for many publishers and authors, translated a number of modern Western classics such as Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and Pnin, all of J. D. Salinger's books, Anthony Burgess's' A Clockwork Orange, and Karel Čapek's R.U.R. He has also written two acclaimed screenplays for Thai "new wave" filmmaker Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, "Last Life in the Universe" (2003) and "Invisible Waves" (2006). Prabda's literary work has been translated to Japanese and published in Japan regularly. He has exhibited his artworks (paintings, drawings, installations) in Thailand and Japan. He has also produced music and written songs with the bands Buahima and The Typhoon Band.
In 2004, Prabda founded Typhoon Studio, a small publishing house with two imprints, Typhoon Books and Sunday Afternoon. In 2012, he opened Bookmoby Readers' Cafe, a small bookshop at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. In 2015, Prabda wrote and directed his first feature film, "Motel Mist", which was selected to premiere and compete at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2016. The Sad Part Was, a collection of twelve short stories mostly taken from Prabda's Kwam Na Ja Pen in English, translated from Thai by Mui Poopoksakul (who won an English PEN Award for her translation), was published by the London-based independent publisher, Tilted Axis, and released in the UK on 3 March 2017. It is said to be the first translation of Thai fiction to be published in the UK.
Prabda Yoon (Thai: ปราบดา หยุ่น; RTGS: Prapda Yun; born 2 August 1973 in Bangkok) is a Thai writer, novelist, filmmaker, artist, graphic designer, magazine editor, screenwriter, translator and media personality. His literary debut, Muang Moom Shak (City of Right Angles), a collection of five related stories about New York City, and the follow-up story collection, Kwam Na Ja Pen (Probability), both published in 2000, immediately turned him into "...the talk of the town..." In 2002, Kwam Na Ja Pen won the S.E.A. Write Award, an award presented to accomplished Southeast Asian writers and poets.
Prabda has been prolific, having written over 20 books of fiction and nonfiction in ten years, designed over 100 book covers for many publishers and authors, translated a number of modern Western classics such as Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita and Pnin, all of J. D. Salinger's books, Anthony Burgess's' A Clockwork Orange, and Karel Čapek's R.U.R. He has also written two acclaimed screenplays for Thai "new wave" filmmaker Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, "Last Life in the Universe" (2003) and "Invisible Waves" (2006). Prabda's literary work has been translated to Japanese and published in Japan regularly. He has exhibited his artworks (paintings, drawings, installations) in Thailand and Japan. He has also produced music and written songs with the bands Buahima and The Typhoon Band.
In 2004, Prabda founded Typhoon Studio, a small publishing house with two imprints, Typhoon Books and Sunday Afternoon. In 2012, he opened Bookmoby Readers' Cafe, a small bookshop at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. In 2015, Prabda wrote and directed his first feature film, "Motel Mist", which was selected to premiere and compete at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2016. The Sad Part Was, a collection of twelve short stories mostly taken from Prabda's Kwam Na Ja Pen in English, translated from Thai by Mui Poopoksakul (who won an English PEN Award for her translation), was published by the London-based independent publisher, Tilted Axis, and released in the UK on 3 March 2017. It is said to be the first translation of Thai fiction to be published in the UK.
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September 11, 2021
A book like this you read because you’re interested in Thai literature not for the quality of the story. Also because you get a snapshot of Thai life as seen and written about by Thai people. Still the vast majority of novels written about Thailand are written by foreigners so for those of us find living in Thailand this is an interesting story but as others have said nothing special in the story or the style
February 20, 2014
เรื่องสั้นขนาดหนึ่งมื้อจบ คารมปากกาคมคายตามสไตล์นักเขียนท่านนี้ อ่านได้เพลิน ๆ เดินเรื่องรวดเร็ว จากนั้นปล่อยผู้อ่านไว้ในแสงที่สลายไปในทันที
April 3, 2016
ชอบตรงที่อ่านแล้วก็ยังตีไม่ออก ลุ้นมาก แต่ก็สนุกไปกับเรื่องสั้นสองเรื่อง
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November 7, 2020A shape-shifting story (a bit like switching between TV channels?)
June 26, 2015
เรื่องราววิ่นๆ แหว่งเว้า คงเหมือนภาพทีวีที่เสียรอซ่อม ติดๆดับๆ ไม่สามารถเห็นภาพและเรื่องราวได้
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