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This jade world / Ira Sukrungruang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sukrungruang, Ira, author.
- Series:
- American Lives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Man-woman relationships--Florida.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Man-woman relationships--Illinois.
- Thai Americans--Thailand--Chiang Mai--Biography.
- Thai Americans.
- Chiang Mai (Thailand)--Social life and customs--21st century.
- Chiang Mai (Thailand).
- Tampa (Fla.)--Biography.
- Tampa (Fla.).
- Chiang Mai (Thailand)--Description and travel.
- Sukrungruang, Ira--Family.
- Sukrungruang, Ira.
- Sukrungruang, Ira--Travel--Thailand--Chiang Mai.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- Through ancient temples and the lush greenery of Thailand, to the confines of a stranger's bed and a devouring couch, This Jade World chronicles a year of mishap, exploration and experimentation, self-discovery, and eventually healing. It questions the very nature of love and heartbreak, uncovering the vulnerability of being human..
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- The First
- I
- I Am Sad
- In 1997
- Touch
- A Brief History of Sex
- Stupid Men
- This Bed That Was Not My Bed
- Mount Crested Butte
- July 10
- II
- After the Hysterectomy
- The Gastropub
- Sex Education
- The Abyss
- The Impossible Dream
- The Red Balloon
- Giggles
- III
- What I Want
- Bed, Bath, and Beyond
- The Sleep of the Restless
- It's Raining
- IV
- Ruins
- Fortune
- V
- Inked
- Flesh of the Land
- Man Baby
- The Talk of the Body
- VI
- Monarchs and Memory
- The Broken Hearts Club
- To Have, to Hold
- Flowers
- Michael Chang
- Signs
- VII
- At the Border
- Balance
- Lesbians
- Invisible Partners
- VIII
- Okay
- That Long Couch
- Goodbye
- IX
- The Next Life.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781496228840
- 1496228847
- 9781496228857
- 1496228855
- OCLC:
- 1262554158
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