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Before reaching the stars - Wanlyangkun

Wat Wanlyangkun's 1975 short fiction about a Thai mother following the assassination of her student activist son. Included is an introduction by the late Benedict Anderson.

Submitted by wojtek on February 2, 2019
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Content note: writing about self-harm and murder.

Beforereachingthestars.pdf (6.24 MB)
Intro.pdf (1.54 MB)
  • 1970s
  • journalism
  • fiction
  • Thailand
  • Benedict Anderson
  • Wat Wanlyangkun
  • PDF

wojtek

3 years 4 months ago

In reply to Welcome by libcom.org

https://www.feministpress.org/books-a-m/arid-dreams

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