Description:Mr. Cheng’s Silver Coffeepot is New Asian Writing's second anthology of short stories that comprises the fictional work of forty-five writers from around the world who set their stories in a distinctive Asian context. The title page of each story is illustrated with the abstract work of Alan Van Every, a Bangkok-based artist from New York.'Mr. Cheng’s Silver Coffeepot,' the opening short story by Trirat Petchsingh from Thailand, deals with the common practice of (rich) Thai men to have a mia noi, a second wife, usually much younger than the man himself. This is the case of Mr. Cheng, a successful businessman from Bangkok, who spends his lunch hours with his mistress, “a young northern girl of sixteen.” The title refers to Mr. Cheng’s vision that “the girl’s tiny breasts… were just the size and shape of the lid of the coffee pot at home,” a vision which, towards the end of the story, resurfaces in the most unexpected place.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mr. Cheng's Silver Coffeepot. 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology. To get started finding Mr. Cheng's Silver Coffeepot. 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
424
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
New Asian Writing
Release
2012
ISBN
1468080113
Mr. Cheng's Silver Coffeepot. 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology
Description: Mr. Cheng’s Silver Coffeepot is New Asian Writing's second anthology of short stories that comprises the fictional work of forty-five writers from around the world who set their stories in a distinctive Asian context. The title page of each story is illustrated with the abstract work of Alan Van Every, a Bangkok-based artist from New York.'Mr. Cheng’s Silver Coffeepot,' the opening short story by Trirat Petchsingh from Thailand, deals with the common practice of (rich) Thai men to have a mia noi, a second wife, usually much younger than the man himself. This is the case of Mr. Cheng, a successful businessman from Bangkok, who spends his lunch hours with his mistress, “a young northern girl of sixteen.” The title refers to Mr. Cheng’s vision that “the girl’s tiny breasts… were just the size and shape of the lid of the coffee pot at home,” a vision which, towards the end of the story, resurfaces in the most unexpected place.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Mr. Cheng's Silver Coffeepot. 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology. To get started finding Mr. Cheng's Silver Coffeepot. 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.