Many Shoes

Title: Sightseeing
Author: Rattawut Lapcharoensap
Publisher: Grove Press
Publication Year: 2005
Rating: A

Twenty-five-year-old Rattawut Lapcharoensap has written a great collection of stories, each from a different perspective. He puts himself in the shoes of young Thai men and women, and even an old, grumpy American man. The focus of most of the stories is family, the relationships between parents, children and siblings. Many of the stories also focus on Thai-American relations and each culture's interpretation of the other. He touches on the complexity of the human spirit and family relations, which can be difficult no matter where in the world you’re from.