With a spate of critically lauded novels one of them picked up by Netflix a new wave of young Thai authors looks poised to break through on the world stage. Thailand boasts a rich literary tradition, with the 1920s seen as a golden age when writers tackled entrenched…
Crazy Rich Asians star Gemma Chan and Netflix have optioned Pim Wangtechawat’s debut novel The Moon Represents My Heart. Could this open the door to wider international recognition of Thai authors?
BANGKOK: With a spate of critically lauded novels – one of them picked up by Netflix – a new wave of young Thai authors looks poised to break through on the world stage.
With a spate of critically lauded novels one of them picked up by Netflix a new wave of young Thai authors looks poised to break through on the world stage.
With a spate of critically lauded novels one of them picked up by Netflix a new wave of young Thai authors looks poised to break through on the world stage.-
While authors like Pim who writes in English have been published abroad with success, translated Thai novels remain vanishingly few and far between.