This Jade World
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This Jade World

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This Jade World

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2022 Book of the Year Award from the Chicago Writers Association
2022 Eric Hoffer Book Awards Finalist in Memoir
2021 Foreword Indies Finalist This Jade World centers on a Thai American who has gone through a series of life changes. Ira Sukrungruang married young to an older poet. On their twelfth anniversary, he received a letter asking for a divorce, sending him into a despairing spiral. How would he define himself when he was suddenly without the person who shaped and helped mold him into the person he is? After all these years, he asked himself what he wanted and found no answer. He did not even know what wanting meant. And so, in the year between his annual visits to Thailand to see his family, he gave in to urges, both physical and emotional; found comfort in the body, many bodies; fought off the impulse to disappear, to vanish; until he arrived at some modicum of understanding. During this time, he sought to obliterate the stereotype of the sexless Asian man and began to imagine a new life with new possibilities. 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.

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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9781496228840
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. The First
  9. I
  10. I Am Sad
  11. In 1997
  12. Touch
  13. A Brief History of Sex
  14. Stupid Men
  15. This Bed That Was Not My Bed
  16. Mount Crested Butte
  17. July 10
  18. II
  19. After the Hysterectomy
  20. The Gastropub
  21. Sex Education
  22. The Abyss
  23. The Impossible Dream
  24. The Red Balloon
  25. Giggles
  26. July 10
  27. III
  28. What I Want
  29. Bed, Bath, and Beyond
  30. The Sleep of the Restless
  31. It’s Raining
  32. July 10
  33. IV
  34. Ruins
  35. Fortune
  36. July 10
  37. V
  38. Inked
  39. Flesh of the Land
  40. Man Baby
  41. The Talk of the Body
  42. July 10
  43. VI
  44. Monarchs and Memory
  45. The Broken Hearts Club
  46. To Have, to Hold
  47. Flowers
  48. Michael Chang
  49. Signs
  50. July 10
  51. VII
  52. At the Border
  53. Balance
  54. Lesbians
  55. Invisible Partners
  56. July 10
  57. VIII
  58. Okay
  59. That Long Couch
  60. Goodbye
  61. IX
  62. The Next Life
  63. About Ira Sukrungruang
  64. Series List