Isan Writers, Thai Literature: Writing and Regionalism in Modern Thailand

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Isan Writers, Thai Literature Isan Writers, Thai Literature Writing and Regionalism in Modern Thailand Martin B. Platt © 2013 Martin B. Platt First published by: NUS Press National University of Singapore AS3-01-02, 3 Arts Link Singapore 117569 Fax: (65) 6774-0652 E-mail: nusbooks@nus.edu.sg Website: http://www.nus.edu.sg/nuspress ISBN 978-9971-69-697-9 (Paper) Published in Europe by: NIAS Press NIAS — Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Øster Farimagsgade 5, DK–1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark Tel: (+45) 3532 9501 Fax: (+45) 3532 9549 E-mail: books@nias.ku.dk Website: www.niaspress.dk ISBN 978-87-7694-129-1 The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) is a research and service institute located at the University of Copenhagen and collaborating closely with the wider Nordic Asian Studies community. NIAS works to encourage and support Asian Studies in the Nordic countries as well as actively participating in the international scholarly community in its own right. In so doing, NIAS has published books since 1969 and in 2002 launched NIAS Press as an independent, not-for-profit publisher aiming at a premium reputation among authors and readers for relevant and focused, quality publishing in the field of Asian Studies. Cataloguing-in-Publication Data for the book is available from the National Library, Singapore and the British Library. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission from the Publisher. Cover image: Highway 212 heading south in Mukdahan Province, December 1986, courtesy of Paul Wagner Cover design by Paul Wagner Printed by: Mainland Press Pte Ltd To my parents and my brother, who together taught me to read ...