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The Fabulist

Uthis Haemamool
,
Palin Ansusinha
,
Ploy Kingchatchaval
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An immortal spirit cycles through multiple lives as a tree, a naga, a deer, a rock, and a human. A doctor suffers a stroke and embarks upon a quest for justice in the afterlife. A wife and mother lives out the soap opera of her dreams. A ghostwriter deals with the violent tragedy that befalls his family by turning it into fiction. A woman from the future struggles to break free from a life shaped by her lineage.

The Fabulist is an epic novel by Uthis Haemamool. Spooling out of the district of Kaeng Khoi in Saraburi, Thailand, this book follows four generations of narrative threads as they bluff, conceal, confess, and rewrite themselves into the history of a nation that has long relegated them to the margins of its story.

Published: Apr/2023

ISBN: 9789815017052

Length: 378 Pages

The Fabulist

Uthis Haemamool
,
Palin Ansusinha
,
Ploy Kingchatchaval

An immortal spirit cycles through multiple lives as a tree, a naga, a deer, a rock, and a human. A doctor suffers a stroke and embarks upon a quest for justice in the afterlife. A wife and mother lives out the soap opera of her dreams. A ghostwriter deals with the violent tragedy that befalls his family by turning it into fiction. A woman from the future struggles to break free from a life shaped by her lineage.

The Fabulist is an epic novel by Uthis Haemamool. Spooling out of the district of Kaeng Khoi in Saraburi, Thailand, this book follows four generations of narrative threads as they bluff, conceal, confess, and rewrite themselves into the history of a nation that has long relegated them to the margins of its story.

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Uthis Haemamool

Uthis Haemamool was born in 1975 in Kaeng Khoi district, Saraburi province in central Thailand. Among his seven published novels and four short stories collection, he became widely known for the Kaeng Khoi Trilogy containing the novels The Brotherhood of Kaeng Khoi, which won him the Seven Book Awards and the S.E.A. Write Award in 2009; The Elegy, and The Fabulist. In 2017, his novel Silhouette of Desire was translated and published in Japanese, followed by an art exhibition of the same name that showcases his drawings and paintings. The novel was then adapted for the stage under the direction of Toshiki Okada, which premiered in Bangkok and staged at Centre Pompidou Paris in 2018 and Tokyo in 2019.

Palin Ansusinha

Palin Ansusinha graduated with a BA in English Language and Literature from King's College London in 2017. She translated several Thai short stories into English, including 'The World Shattered Yesterday', 'Tender Mercies', and 'The Weretiger Tale' by Phu Kradat. In 2020, she co-founded soi literary, a literary agency to promote contemporary Thai literature to an international audience. She currently lives in Bangkok, Thailand with her cat Jamu.

Ploy Kingchatchaval graduated with a BA in English Literature from the University of Cambridge in 2016 and an MA in Issues in Modern Culture from University College London in 2017. She translated the English screenplay for Puangsoi Aksornsawang's second feature film I open a curtain to see a dead bird and Jirassaya Wongsutin's debut feature film Flat Girls, both in development. She currently lives in Bangkok, Thailand with her dog Tofu.

Ploy Kingchatchaval

Ploy Kingchatchaval graduated with a BA in English Literature from the University of Cambridge in 2016 and an MA in Issues in Modern Culture from University College London in 2017. She translated the English screenplay for Puangsoi Aksornsawang's second feature film I open a curtain to see a dead bird and Jirassaya Wongsutin's debut feature film Flat Girls, both in development. She currently lives in Bangkok, Thailand with her dog Tofu.