Il re di Bangkok: graphic novel on Thailand's contradictions
Published by Add Editore in 2019, the graphic novel "Il re di Bangkok" follows Nok, a blind street vendor, through Bangkok's slums and skyscrapers, exploring migration, family separation, and the social instability of modern Thailand. Co-authored by anthropologist Claudio Sopranzetti (University of Oxford) with Sara Fabbri and Chiara Natalucci, the book is based on over ten years of anthropological research. Sopranzetti states the urgency to write grew after a military government took power in Thailand in 2014, suppressing stories and imprisoning protagonists. The narrative weaves personal memories with the nation's contradictions between ambition and uncertainty.
Key facts
- Graphic novel published by Add Editore in 2019
- Co-authors: Claudio Sopranzetti, Sara Fabbri, Chiara Natalucci
- Protagonist: Nok, a blind street vendor
- Based on over ten years of anthropological research
- Sopranzetti is a researcher at University of Oxford
- Military government took power in Thailand in 2014
- Book addresses migration, family separation, and social instability
- 192 pages, €19.50, ISBN 9788867832231
Entities
Artists
- Claudio Sopranzetti
- Sara Fabbri
- Chiara Natalucci
Institutions
- Add Editore
- University of Oxford
Locations
- Bangkok
- Thailand
- Torino