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this short story collection highlights 12 stories:
1. “Belief” – a collage-style story presenting 10 interconnected sections depicting societal beliefs, each linked by the central theme of “belief.”
2. “Shooting” – a symbolic story about a man whose child is bitten by a dog, leading him to shoot the dog with a homemade gun.
3. “In Front of the Buddha Image” – a realistic, satirical story set both before and after the 2011 floods.
4. “Peng” – a realistic, location-based story told through the eyes of a man named Peng who has been married three times.
5. “A Set of Truths” – a realistic melodrama about a man returning to his former workplace and falling in love, this time bringing his grown-up daughter with him.
6. “Being a Thai Citizen” – a realistic drama critiquing the healthcare system.
7. “Those Who Are Not One of Us” – a realistic satire of contemporary society.
8. “Old Friend” – a realistic irony of contemporary society.
9. “Through the Mirror” – a stream-of-consciousness narrative. Told through events on a bus, encountering a young child, a young woman, and other people.
10. “Thirty Minutes” – Realistic, dramatic, recounting the true events of the day the author’s mother passed away. The events took place at the hospital. What does “thirty minutes” mean? You’ll have to read it to find out.
11. “Abandoning” – Symbolic, telling one story to convey another, different stories within the same narrative, telling the story of “abandoning” “it.”
12. “Around 11:00 PM” – Realistic, political, telling the story of a man receiving news of his biological father’s death while his young son has a high fever.

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