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- peter: Between 2023 and 2024: 2000 factory closures costing 51500 jobs???? That's 25 people per factory, the management exists where
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Western Writers in Bangkok: Paul Theroux
Posted in Background, Books, Book reviews, Thai books
Tags: Bangkok, Paul Theroux, Travelogue, Then, writer
Paul Theroux (°1941) is one of the writers I would like to join right away if I could draw up a guest list for an ultimate dinner. Okay, he's arrogant and know-it-all, but what a writing style that man has…!
'Au Siam', the fascinating travelogue of the Jottrands
Regular readers of Thailandblog know that I occasionally reflect on a striking publication from my well-stocked Asian work library. Today I would like to reflect on a booklet that rolled off the presses in Paris in 1905: 'Au Siam', written by the Walloon couple Jottrand.