Altai Villa - Jakkapan Kangwan

Altai Villa
By Jakkapan Kangwan

Altai Villa is a biting, imaginative, and darkly comedic satire centered on a group of individuals who have "ordained themselves as virtuous" as they attempt to reclaim the archaic roots of their national history.

The narrative functions as a piercing parody of the social realities found in dogmatic societies. By wielding the power of fiction, Kangwan exposes the inherent illogic and absurdity of reality itself. In this world, anything is possible, and universal laws are discarded. It explores a dangerous paradox: when a people believe themselves to be the sole arbiters of "goodness," they become capable of any act to preserve their absolute power.

Selected Excerpts
"Father must be deeply troubled by the state of the nation and its people; he traversed the dreamscape to visit me, imparting profound political philosophies for my contemplation.

He counseled me that the secret to taming the populace is the incremental erosion of liberty—restricting freedom so gradually that the people become habituated without realizing it. By the time no freedom remains, no one will feel its absence at all."


Details
▪️Format : Paperback
▪️Piyavit Tepumnuaysakul : Editor-in-Chief
▪️Aekkasit Thiamtham : Editor
▪️Designed by ● SM STUDIO | Chirawat Rotaim ●
▪️Published : Mar 2021
▪️Length : 312 pages
▪️ISBN : 978-616-562-024-6
▪️Dimensions (cm) : 10.8 x 17.8
▪️Price : 300 THB