The Lioness in Bloom

Modern Thai Fiction about Women

Susan Fulop Kepner

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780520089020
• eBook ISBN: 9780520915411
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literature General
• Index: Literature

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 themes: 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.
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 pr

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Notes on Transliteration
• Introduction
• 1
• Grandmother the Progressive
• Deep in the Heart of a Mother
• From People of Quality
• From A Child of the Northeast
• Matsii
• 2
• Snakes Weep, Flowers Smile
• From Behind the Painting
• From That Woman’s Name Is Boonrawd
• Deaf Sim
• A Pot That Scouring Will Not Save
• When She Was a Major Wife
• Sai-roong’s Dream of Love
• From This Human Vessel
• 3
• The Dancing Girl
• Greenie
• A Mote of Dust on the Face of the Earth Preechapoul Boonchuay
• Appendix
• Bibliography
• Suggested Reading
• Sources of Publications
• Index