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Talk Thai : The Adventures of Buddhist Boy by Ira Sukrungruang (2010, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Missouri Press
ISBN-10082621889X
ISBN-139780826218896
eBay Product ID (ePID)19038421849
Product Key Features
Book TitleTalk Thai : the Adventures of Buddhist Boy
Number of Pages184 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicEmigration & Immigration, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Personal Memoirs, General
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorIra Sukrungruang
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-006328
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"An engaging, artfully constructed take on the immigrant/assimilation experience. Talk Thai is a fresh and compelling journey into the author's life." --Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic and Desire and The Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still, "An engaging, artfully constructed take on the immigrant/assimilation experience. Talk Thai is a fresh and compelling journey into the author's life." -Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic and Desire and The Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still, "In Talk Thai , Ira Sukrungruang gives readers a fresh, funny, and poignant perspective on childhood, identity, cultural confusion, and growing up Thai American. This is a gem of a memoir."-- Bich Minh Nguyen, author of Stealing Buddha's Dinner and Short Girls, " Talk Thai is a story of a young boy growing up in a house heavy with questions asked in one language and answered in another. It is a mature reflection of what constitutes family, home, belonging and friendship--an exploration of the sights and sounds, the smells and sorrows of growing up and choosing from different cultures the values and the characteristics of manhood. Ira Sukrungruang's memoir is a rich contribution to the voices that create the language of America's immigrant population."-- Kalia Yang, author of The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir, "In Talk Thai , Ira Sukrungruang gives readers a fresh, funny, and poignant perspective on childhood, identity, cultural confusion, and growing up Thai American. This is a gem of a memoir."- Bich Minh Nguyen, author of Stealing Buddha's Dinner and Short Girls, " Talk Thai is a story of a young boy growing up in a house heavy with questions asked in one language and answered in another. It is a mature reflection of what constitutes family, home, belonging and friendship-an exploration of the sights and sounds, the smells and sorrows of growing up and choosing from different cultures the values and the characteristics of manhood. Ira Sukrungruang's memoir is a rich contribution to the voices that create the language of America's immigrant population."- Kalia Yang, author of The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir, " Talk Thai is a story of a young boy growing up in a house heavy with questions asked in one language and answered in another. It is a mature reflection of what constitutes family, home, belonging and friendship--an exploration of the sights and sounds, the smells and sorrows of growing up and choosing from different cultures the values and the characteristics of manhood. Ira Sukrungruang's memoir is a rich contribution to the voices that create the language of America's immigrant population."-- Kalia Yang, author of The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir, " Talk Thai is a story of a young boy growing up in a house heavy with questions asked in one language and answered in another. It is a mature reflection of what constitutes family, home, belonging and friendship-an exploration of the sights and sounds, the smells and sorrows of growing up and choosing from different cultures the values and the characteristics of manhood. Ira Sukrungruang's memoir is a rich contribution to the voices that create the language of America's immigrant population."- Kalia Yang, author of The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
Grade FromEighth Grade
Dewey Decimal305.895/911073 B
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
SynopsisIn this lively, entertaining, and often hilarious memoir, he relates the early life of a first-generation Thai-American and his constant, often bumbling attempts to reconcile cultural and familial expectations with the trials of growing up in 1980s America., On one side of the door, the rich smell of sweet, spicy food and the calm of Buddhist devotion; on the other, the strangeness of a new land. When Ira Sukrungruang was born to Thai parents newly arrived in the U.S., they picked his Jewish moniker out of a book of "American" names. In this lively, entertaining, and often hilarious memoir, he relates the early life of a first-generation Thai-American and his constant, often bumbling attempts to reconcile cultural and familial expectations with the trials of growing up in 1980s America. Young Ira may have lived in Oak Lawn, Illinois, but inside the family's bi-level home was "Thailand with American conveniences." They ate Thai food, spoke the Thai language, and observed Thai customs. His bedtime stories were tales of Buddha and monkey-faced demons. On the first day of school his mother reminded him that he had a Siamese warrior's eyes--despite his thick glasses--as Aunty Sue packed his Muppets lunch box with fried rice. But when his schoolmates played tag he was always It, and as he grew, he face the constant challenge of reconciling American life with a cardinal family rule: "Remember, you are Thai." Inside the Thai Buddhist temple of Chicago, another "simulated Thailand," are more rules, rules different from those of the Southside streets, and we see mainstream Western religion--"god people"--through the Sukrungruang family's eyes. Within the family circle, we meet a mother who started packing for her return to Thailand the moment she arrived; her best friend, Aunty Sue, Ira's second mother, who lives with and cooks for the family; and a wayward father whose dreams never quite pan out. Talk Thai is a richly told account that takes us into an immigrant's world. Here is a story imbued with Thai spices and the sensibilities of an American upbringing, a story in which Ira practices English by reciting lines from TV sitcoms and struggles with the feeling of not belonging in either of his two worlds. For readers who delight in the writings of Amy Tan, Gish Jen, and other Asian-Americans, Talk Thai provides generous portions of a still-mysterious culture while telling the story of an American boyhood with humor, playfulness, and uncompromising honesty., On one side of the door, the rich smell of sweet, spicy food and the calm of Buddhist devotion; on the other, the strangeness of a new land.When Ira Sukrungruang was born to Thai parents newly arrived in the U.S., they picked his Jewish moniker out of a book of "American" names. In this lively, entertaining, and often hilarious memoir, he relates the early life of a first-generation Thai-American and his constant, often bumbling attempts to reconcile cultural and familial expectations with the trials of growing up in 1980s America. Young Ira may have lived in Oak Lawn, Illinois, but inside the family's bi-level home was "Thailand with American conveniences." They ate Thai food, spoke the Thai language, and observed Thai customs. His bedtime stories were tales of Buddha and monkey-faced demons. On the first day of school his mother reminded him that he had a Siamese warrior's eyes--despite his thick glasses--as Aunty Sue packed his Muppets lunch box with fried rice. But when his schoolmates played tag he was always It, and as he grew, he face the constant challenge of reconciling American life with a cardinal family rule: "Remember, you are Thai." Inside the Thai Buddhist temple of Chicago, another "simulated Thailand," are more rules, rules different from those of the Southside streets, and we see mainstream Western religion--"god people"--through the Sukrungruang family's eyes. Within the family circle, we meet a mother who started packing for her return to Thailand the moment she arrived; her best friend, Aunty Sue, Ira's second mother, who lives with and cooks for the family; and a wayward father whose dreams never quite pan out. Talk Thai is a richly told account that takes us into an immigrant's world. Here is a story imbued with Thai spices and the sensibilities of an American upbringing, a story in which Ira practices English by reciting lines from TV sitcoms and struggles with the feeling of not belonging in either of his two worlds. For readers who delight in the writings of Amy Tan, Gish Jen, and other Asian-Americans, Talk Thai provides generous portions of a still-mysterious culture while telling the story of an American boyhood with humor, playfulness, and uncompromising honesty.
LC Classification NumberE184.T4S85 2010
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