Behind the Painting

Siburapha, David Smyth

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Thai

Penguin Classics
10 November 2024

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fiction in translation

One of Thailand's best-known and most highly regarded novels, portraying the romance of a young Thai man and a married older woman

Nopporn, a Thai student studying in Japan, is tasked with hosting a distinguished old family friend and his new wife, the beautiful, aristocratic Kirati. Despite their difference in age and status, and the social constraints of the day, Nopporn and Kirati are inexorably drawn to each other. A stirring portrayal of youthful romantic obsession, and later attempts to come to terms with the frailty of once-passionate feelings, Behind the Painting also affords an intimate insight into the sterile existence endured by many women of high social status at the time. First published in 1937, the novel has been reprinted more than fifty times in Thailand and has twice been adapted for film as well as a musical.

By: Siburapha
Translated by: David Smyth
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 103g
ISBN: 9780241694466
ISBN 10: 0241694469
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 10 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Siburapha (Author) Kulap Saipradit (1905-74), better known by his pen name Siburapha, was a prominent newspaper editor and novelist. A vocal critic of the military rulers of the day, he was imprisoned on two occasions and spent the last sixteen years of his life in exile in China. David Smyth (Translator) David Smyth is the author of a biography of Siburapha and has translated several other classic Thai novels, including The Battle of Life (also by Siburapha), The Prostitute and The Dreams of an Idealist.

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Behind the Painting

Siburapha, David Smyth

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