Warren, William.
The truth about Anna, and other stories / William Warren. - Singapore : Archipelago Press, c2000. - 224 pages :
Essays.
Contents: Introduction -- 1 The truth about Anna -- 2 The romance of Asian travel -- 3 Writers who created romance -- 4 Murder on the veranda -- 5 Isle of serendipitous splendours -- 6 Ghosts along the Chao Phraya river -- 7 Hobson-Jobson: the perfect bedside book -- 8 The queen who came for dinner -- 9 Charmed lives -- 10 The surprising world of capsicum -- 11 Beloved and reviled: the legendary durian -- 12 The lotus -- 13 The myth of Asian women -- 14 A Laotian interlude -- 15 Oddities of the museum world -- 16 Cobra, anyone ? -- 17 A literary window on ayutthaya -- 18 Maugham ni Siam -- 19 The slightly mad charm of the real Bangkok -- Living in a myth -- 21 Bangkok in the sixties.
English
9813018372 [paperback]
Library of Congress -- Jakarta Overseas Office S[dollar]15.24
00281237
Asia--History.
Asia--Social life and customs.
Asia--Anecdotes.
Asia, Southeastern --Social life and customs.
The truth about Anna, and other stories / William Warren. - Singapore : Archipelago Press, c2000. - 224 pages :
Essays.
Contents: Introduction -- 1 The truth about Anna -- 2 The romance of Asian travel -- 3 Writers who created romance -- 4 Murder on the veranda -- 5 Isle of serendipitous splendours -- 6 Ghosts along the Chao Phraya river -- 7 Hobson-Jobson: the perfect bedside book -- 8 The queen who came for dinner -- 9 Charmed lives -- 10 The surprising world of capsicum -- 11 Beloved and reviled: the legendary durian -- 12 The lotus -- 13 The myth of Asian women -- 14 A Laotian interlude -- 15 Oddities of the museum world -- 16 Cobra, anyone ? -- 17 A literary window on ayutthaya -- 18 Maugham ni Siam -- 19 The slightly mad charm of the real Bangkok -- Living in a myth -- 21 Bangkok in the sixties.
English
9813018372 [paperback]
Library of Congress -- Jakarta Overseas Office S[dollar]15.24
00281237
Asia--History.
Asia--Social life and customs.
Asia--Anecdotes.
Asia, Southeastern --Social life and customs.