Very Bangkok - In The City of the Senses

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Very Bangkok - In The City of the Senses
Very Bangkok - In The City of the SensesVery Bangkok - In The City of the Senses
รหัสสินค้า / Barcode: 9786164510432
ปกติ: 995 บาท
ขาย:896 บาท

ISBN : 9786164510432
โดย : Philip Cornwel-Smith (By the Author of Very Thai)
Foreword by : Lawrence Osborne
อื่นๆ : 360 pages /450 colour photographs, 2 colour maps, hardback

 “A brilliant and polychromatic look at Bangkok
done in a way that no other writer has attempted. Philip Cornwel-Smith
turns Bangkok into a vast tapestry of meditations on the nature of cities
...combining whimsy, erudition, and a sensual precision of language.
Since publishing Very Thai, Cornwel-Smith has become the city’s preeminent
mythographer in the English language. The city is re-seen, re-imagined as a vast
complex of signs which requires the informal encyclopedia which he has written.
This makes for many a surprise. What one feels unconsciously, he puts into
a fine and sensual prose that provides to the reader a little ‘discovery’.” 
— Lawrence Osborne, author of Bangkok Days and The Forgiven

“Very Bangkok has the answers to the paradoxes we wondered about,
or hadn’t looked closely enough to even wonder about. With its thorough
coverage of every aspect of Bangkok life, its wealth of detail and breadth of
thought, this book on Bangkok will not be equalled for years to come.” 
— Alex Kerr, author of Lost Japan and Bangkok Found

“Philip Cornwel-Smith’s much-adored Very Thai captured the essence
of contemporary ‘Thainess’ with a profound depth and uncanny authenticity
few books could match, whether by a Thai or a foreigner. Now his Very Bangkok
does the same with an even more adventurous search for the true identity
of this complex, unique and notorious capital. I am a Bangkok-born Thai,
and live here, yet I’m sure Philip knows much more about it than me.”
— Prabda Yoon, film director & SEA Write prize-winning author

The world’s most visited city finally gets the dynamic portrait it deserves.
Vividly photographed by the author, Very Bangkok explores its kaleidoscopic
facets, from street to chic, folk to pop, and ancient rites to sci-fi.

Experience Thailand’s enigmatic capital through each sense. Go beyond the
taste of its famous food to the sound of the city, the scent of the night,
or the trance of a tattoo shaman. Discover how beliefs shape
the Thai sense of direction, time or colour. 

The heart of the book navigates the tensions between creative chaos and
dreams of order. Enter the subcultures of organic markets, youth tribes and
ethnic roots. Find the patterns behind the wild reputation and see how the
city portrays itself, through media, the arts and the Bangkok noir.

This is also a book about cities, which applies the latest ‘messy urban’ thinking
to this fast-changing tropical metropolis.