Cross Current by John Shors, set on Ko Phi Phi, Thailand now appears on the new TripFiction website
Showing posts with label Thailand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thailand. Show all posts
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
The backpacker book collection - novel suggestions and so much more...
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| The Plain of Jars in Lao - photo courtesy allpointseast.com |
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Bangkok and on Thailand's Islands
this post can now be found on the new website here
Thursday, 3 May 2012
THAILAND North and South, two novel recommendations
Thailand is a fabulously diverse country and we have chosen two books, one set in the South of the country, the other in the North.
The first novel is set in Phuket, by author Jake Needham: Let a few succinct words from The Straits Times introduce the book: “In between the lines of his plot, Needham’s provocative views about Asian culture jump at you from almost every page. The gritty and taut KILLING PLATO is 100 per cent unadulterated attitude.” Fancy reading this novel on the beach whilst holidaying in Phuket? Perhaps lying by the pool of the Chava Resort http://www.thechavaresort.com (a fabulous resort, although the irony of the name will not be lost on readers from the UK); maybe swinging gently in a hammock on one of the islands nearby in the Andaman Sea .... just capture the flavour of the location through the works of this terrific author. Incidentally, he has sold over 100,000 copies of his books so he is clearly doing something right!
http://www.tripfiction.com/Book/1854
For something very different and set 2,000km further North we have chosen Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski. It is a book that is lush in landscape and deep in ideas, set among the hill tribes of Northern Thailand. A suspense story blending anthropology and Christian missionaries, it almost feels autobiographical. The thread that keeps the book together is the narrator's almost obsessive attempt to unravel the mystery of Martiya van der Leun, an anthropologist, who had been working with the animist Dyalo hill tribe in Northern Thailand, who was imprisoned for murder and went on seemingly to commit suicide in jail.
http://www.tripfiction.com/Book/648
The first novel is set in Phuket, by author Jake Needham: Let a few succinct words from The Straits Times introduce the book: “In between the lines of his plot, Needham’s provocative views about Asian culture jump at you from almost every page. The gritty and taut KILLING PLATO is 100 per cent unadulterated attitude.” Fancy reading this novel on the beach whilst holidaying in Phuket? Perhaps lying by the pool of the Chava Resort http://www.thechavaresort.com (a fabulous resort, although the irony of the name will not be lost on readers from the UK); maybe swinging gently in a hammock on one of the islands nearby in the Andaman Sea .... just capture the flavour of the location through the works of this terrific author. Incidentally, he has sold over 100,000 copies of his books so he is clearly doing something right! http://www.tripfiction.com/Book/1854
For something very different and set 2,000km further North we have chosen Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski. It is a book that is lush in landscape and deep in ideas, set among the hill tribes of Northern Thailand. A suspense story blending anthropology and Christian missionaries, it almost feels autobiographical. The thread that keeps the book together is the narrator's almost obsessive attempt to unravel the mystery of Martiya van der Leun, an anthropologist, who had been working with the animist Dyalo hill tribe in Northern Thailand, who was imprisoned for murder and went on seemingly to commit suicide in jail.
http://www.tripfiction.com/Book/648
Saturday, 7 April 2012
Books set on Ko Phi Phi Island, THAILAND
We were really pleased to come across these two books about the islands of Ko Phi Phi Don and Ko Phi Phi Leh in Krabi Province, Thailand. Such a beautiful place, sadly devastated by the Tsunami of 2004, but up and running again and welcoming tourists. If you click on the Tripfiction logo below and you will be taken to our blogpost on Phuket, which adds a couple more fabulous reads that evoke this part of Thailand.
Let Not the Waves of the Sea by Simon Stephenson tells the sobering story of one brother visiting the island after his brother Dominic's death in the Tsunami of December 2004 and how he and his family come to terms with such a premature and devastating event. The book was serialised on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.
Cross Currents by John Shors sets the scene so incredibly well for Thai island life, the smells, the cuisine, the heat, the tropical downpours and is a great example of what TripFiction is about.
And no list of books set on Koh Phi Phi would be complete without Alex Garland's The Beach. In our ever-shrinking world, where popular Western culture seems to have infected every nation on the planet, it is hard to find even a small niche of unspoiled land--forget searching for pristine islands or continents. This is the situation in Alex Garland's debut novel, The Beach. Human progress has reduced Eden to a secret little beach near Thailand. In the tradition of grand adventure novels, Richard, a rootless traveller rambling around Thailand on his way somewhere else, is given a hand-drawn map by a madman who calls himself Daffy Duck. He and two French travellers set out on a journey to find this paradise.
And to see all our books set in Thailand click here
Let Not the Waves of the Sea by Simon Stephenson tells the sobering story of one brother visiting the island after his brother Dominic's death in the Tsunami of December 2004 and how he and his family come to terms with such a premature and devastating event. The book was serialised on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.
Cross Currents by John Shors sets the scene so incredibly well for Thai island life, the smells, the cuisine, the heat, the tropical downpours and is a great example of what TripFiction is about.
And no list of books set on Koh Phi Phi would be complete without Alex Garland's The Beach. In our ever-shrinking world, where popular Western culture seems to have infected every nation on the planet, it is hard to find even a small niche of unspoiled land--forget searching for pristine islands or continents. This is the situation in Alex Garland's debut novel, The Beach. Human progress has reduced Eden to a secret little beach near Thailand. In the tradition of grand adventure novels, Richard, a rootless traveller rambling around Thailand on his way somewhere else, is given a hand-drawn map by a madman who calls himself Daffy Duck. He and two French travellers set out on a journey to find this paradise.And to see all our books set in Thailand click here
"see a location through an author's eyes"
Sunday, 25 March 2012
How we came up with the idea of TripFiction
Experiencing a location through the pages of a book is one of the most rewarding ways to get to know somewhere new. Perhaps the book offers a bit of background history, a gripping storyline and some local characters; it gears you up for a new experience as you walk into another world, you can see a destination through the eyes of an author.
And this is where it all started, by the pool of the Bel-Aire Princess Hotel in Bangkok.
Sitting on a lounger by the pool, listening to the street noises, the smell of delicious cooking wafting up from street level, the birds wheeling overhead and the sun dropping down behind the skyscrapers....... and reading "Bangkok Tattoo" by John Burdett. Some of the action takes place just a couple of "Soi" away from the hotel. The feel of Bangkok just lifted off the pages, the heat, the smell and the bustle - this novel offered that extra, magical dimension that guidebooks alone cannot offer. From that point we were hooked into reading locational fiction. Come and join us and experience the thrill of being right there in the action in words.
Click on the cover to find out more about the book.
Lots of inspirational books here to transport you to over 870 destinations around the globe.
Help us to build this site into an even more valuable resource for travellers by suggesting books that are especially evocative of a place, and come and rate and review for us.
And this is where it all started, by the pool of the Bel-Aire Princess Hotel in Bangkok.
Sitting on a lounger by the pool, listening to the street noises, the smell of delicious cooking wafting up from street level, the birds wheeling overhead and the sun dropping down behind the skyscrapers....... and reading "Bangkok Tattoo" by John Burdett. Some of the action takes place just a couple of "Soi" away from the hotel. The feel of Bangkok just lifted off the pages, the heat, the smell and the bustle - this novel offered that extra, magical dimension that guidebooks alone cannot offer. From that point we were hooked into reading locational fiction. Come and join us and experience the thrill of being right there in the action in words.Click on the cover to find out more about the book.
"see a location through an author's eyes"
Lots of inspirational books here to transport you to over 870 destinations around the globe.
Help us to build this site into an even more valuable resource for travellers by suggesting books that are especially evocative of a place, and come and rate and review for us.
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