This is a collection of short detective stories, all solved using goldfish. I don’t know if any other writer, of any nationality, has ever done anything like this before; I can’t possibly find out. But one thing is certain: no Thai writer, or writer in the Thai language, has ever written a crime solved using […]

“Looking into My Own Eyes” is a collection of 15 short stories by Jaree Chantharapha in his youth. This e-book edition is considered official, with several stories added and some removed. Added stories include “The Frame,” “Responding,” “Our Banana,” and “God’s Lamb.” The story removed (included in the book “Conversations with Hemingway”) is “The Man […]

This intriguingly titled novel, “The World Doesn’t Disappear When You Close Your Eyes,” was written when I decided to write from home in 1997, surviving the near-death economic downturn and the devastating floods of 2011. At least three major publishers were interested in publishing the manuscript, but they chose not to, not because it was […]

This is a collection of seven short stories, including: * The Air Consumer*: A surrealist drama about a woman who visits a man named Mai, each time for sex. This time, after sleeping together, she asks him for a favor (you’ll have to read to find out what it is), while Mai is getting married […]

The blurb for 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 […]

The short story collection “Being Someone” by Jaree Chantharapha, spanning over 164 pages and measuring 12.5 x 18.3 cm, comprises 12 short stories, including: “ The Problem Between Me and It”: A story about a man who waits to take revenge; “Someone”: Events from 2001, the day of the Leonid meteor shower, a phenomenon that […]

This collection of short stories by Jaree Chantharapha explores the clash between individualism and the changing times—including political conditions, people’s thoughts and feelings, and expectations regarding societal expression over the past twenty years. It comprises all the stories previously published in magazines and weekly newspapers, but with revised editions. Titles include: “ Modern Tales,” “The […]

11-12 years have passed since I conceived the idea of ​​compiling the short story collection “Normal Life” and its initial release. It feels like it wasn’t that long ago. Everything that happened and is reflected in this collection still recurs in Thai society. People see it as normal, either out of a sense of decency, […]

Short Story Collection: Conversations with Hemingway and Other Short Stories by Jaree Chantharapha** is being remade as an e-book. Originally published in 2000, it was a highly sought-after handmade book. Prior to this, books were typically bound with string, but “Conversations with Hemingway and Other Short Stories” had a conventional book format. Not only was […]