Tone Deaf in Bangkok
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Tone Deaf in Bangkok: And Other Places
by Janet Brown
Photographs by Nana Chen
As a bookseller, Janet Brown had every opportunity to learn about Bangkok before she moved there. Guidebooks lay the groundwork, photography books set the mood, but nothing prepared her for what she found---a city as sensuous, irreverent, reverent, and indiscreet as the stories she tells in Tone Deaf in Bangkok.
Whether eating noodles for breakfast, struggling with the multi-toned language, sipping Scotch laced with honey, or falling in love with a man many years her junior, Janet knew that she had found her soul mate: Bangkok. Even when she was ostracized from her local neighborhood, even when she had to skirt sleeping dogs and itinerant kitchens on the sidewalks every single day, and even when she woke to the sound of gunshots while traveling in nearby Cambodia, life here made sense to her, precisely because it made no sense.
Not only did Bangkok change Janet's life, it gave her the life she felt she was always meant to live. Join her as she interprets this electrifying city with the sense of humor and devotion it deserves.
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Ghosts in the City of Angels
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It doesn't matter that Janet Brown is not superstitious. When living in Bangkok, she learns that believing in ghosts is not an option. It's an inescapable part of immersing herself in the local culture.
Destinations:
Thailand |
Bangkok
Topics:
Culture |
Literature |
Religion |
Traditions
Nausea and Desire
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For Janet Brown, getting used to the smell of Bangkok---its "refuse, canal water, jasmine, heated garlic, freshly squeezed oranges, and bus exhaust fumes"---was one thing. Getting used to the stink of durian fruit was quite another ...
Destinations:
Thailand |
Bangkok
Topics:
Food |
Literature
Three Seasons
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Like nature, physical beauty is subject to the seasons, as Janet Brown discovers in this reflection on aging gracefully in Thailand.
