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The prostitute

K. Surangkhanang ; translated from the Thai with an introduction by David Smyth

(Oxford in Asia paperbacks)

Oxford University Press, 1994

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Ying khonchūa

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The Prostitute first appeared in 1937 and created an immediate stir in Thai literary circles, both for its sympathetic portrayal of prostitutes and because its author was a young lady from a respectable family. It tells the story of Reun, a young girl from up-country who is seduced by a city pimp and tricked into working as a prostitute in a Bangkok brothel. For the reader today, the novel offers a fascinating Thai reaction to the problem of prostitution in an age long before the American military presence or mass tourism.

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