Episode 71
#71 - Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad
On this episode, we discuss our Books and Boba April 2019 book club pick, Bangkok Wakes to Rain, by Pitchaya Sudbanthad, a book featuring stories of a myriad of characters, all connected through time and space to a single building in the city of Bangkok. We discuss the book's musings on the cycles of history, and the tensions between memory,culture, and technological progress.
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This Month's Book Club Panelists:
- Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)
- Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)
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The Books & Boba May 2019 pick is This is Paradise: Stories by Kristiana Kahakauwila
This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
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