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03332aam a2200517 i 4500 001 59993D82DCB911EC8436229451ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220526010039 008 201120s2021 onca 6 000 f eng 020 $a 9781487508869 020 $a 1487508867 020 $a 9781487526412 020 $a 1487526415 035 $a (OCoLC)1223015252 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d NLC $d ERASA $d OCLCF $d ZYU $d YDX $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d NUI $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h ita 042 $a lac 043 $a a-th--- 050 4 $a PN6767.S677 $b R4313 2021 055 0 $a PN6767.S67 $b R413 2021 082 04 $a 741.5/945 $2 23 100 1 $a Sopranzetti, Claudio, $e author. 240 10 $a Re di Bangkok. $l English 245 14 $a The king of Bangkok / $c Claudio Sopranzetti, Sara Fabbri, Chiara Natalucci. 264 1 $a Toronto ; $b University of Toronto Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xi, 233 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 25 cm. 490 0 $a EthnoGRAPHIC 530 $a Issued also in electronic formats. 520 $a "Based on a decade of interviews and archival research, the English translation of this best-selling graphic novel tells the story of Nok, an old blind man who sells lottery tickets in Bangkok, as he decides to leave the urban capital and return to his native village. The King of Bangkok follows Nok as he walks the streets of the city for the last time, trying to get rid of his last five lottery tickets. With each ticket he sells, he encounters something that brings him back to a period of his life, from his arrival in Bangkok all the way to the Red Shirt protests of 2010. Through an alternation of reflections on contemporary Bangkok and flashbacks to his past, we reconstruct Nok's story, the love story with his wife Gai, and the ups and downs of their migrant lives, as well as those of an entire country around them. This is a story of migration to the city and distant families in the countryside; economic development eroding the land, and of political protest choked in blood. Ultimately, it is a story about contemporary Thailand and how the waves of history lift, engulf, or crash two ordinary people. A perfect entry into the history of contemporary Thailand, this book is essential reading for both students and travelers."-- $c Provided by publisher. 500 $a Translation of: Il re di Bangkok. 648 7 $a Since 1945 $2 fast 651 0 $a Thailand $x History $y 1945- $v Comic books, strips, etc. 651 7 $a Thailand. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205310 655 7 $a Comics (Graphic works) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921613 655 7 $a Graphic novels. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726630 655 7 $a Historical comics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921682 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Graphic novels. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical comics. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Bandes dessineÌes historiques. $2 rvmgf $0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000462 776 08 $i Online version: $a Sopranzetti, Claudio. $s Re di Bangkok. English. $t King of Bangkok. $d Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2021 $z 9781487539160 $z 9781487539160 $w (OCoLC)1251927143 700 1 $a Fabbri, Sara, $e artist. 700 1 $a Natalucci, Chiara, $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117021858.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=59993D82DCB911EC8436229451ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search