Behind the Painting and Other Stories Spirit considered to be one of

considered to be one of the four main subgroups of the Karen

principally related to the transition from agriculture to industry

businesspeople

the publications promote a wider understanding of the role of Islam in Southeast Asia

while always alert to the difficulties of generalization

Behind the Painting and Other Stories Spirit considered to be one ofTranslated from the Thai and introduced by David Smyth Behind the Painting is the story of Nopphon, a Thai student studying in Japan, who becomes infatuated with the lovely Mom Ratchawong Kirati, an older Thai woman visiting the country with her husband. Their intimacy grows, and by the time the older couple returns to Thailand, Nopphon can barely contain his feelings for her. The novel reflects postwar Thai society in the vanity of the aristocracy