A novel by Larry Cortez
"He's losing his vision. She's discovering hers."
Bangkok · Talat Noi · The Chao Phraya at golden hour
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Bangkok, present day. A young Thai woman photographs everything she sees. An American filmmaker has come to disappear. When he speaks before he can stop himself — "Your highlights are blown" — neither of them knows it's the beginning of everything. A luminous story of mentorship, vision, and the courage it takes to truly see — and to let yourself be seen.
Order on Amazon →กรุงเทพมหานคร ปัจจุบัน เรื่องราวของไนยนา — สาวไทยผู้เรียนรู้การมองโลกผ่านเลนส์กล้อง
สั่งซื้อบน Amazon →Berlin, Kreuzberg. Lena Yilmaz, zweiundzwanzig, sieht die Welt anders — durch Licht, durch Rahmen, durch den drängenden Wunsch, festzuhalten, was verschwindet.
Bei Amazon bestellen →バンコク、タラートノーイ。カメラを持つ若いタイ人女性と、視力を失いかけたアメリカ人映画監督の出会い。光と影の物語。
Amazonで注文 →Paris. Une jeune femme apprend à voir — à travers la lumière, à travers le cadre, à travers le regard d'un cinéaste qui perd la vue mais voit encore l'essentiel.
Commander sur Amazon →Madrid, Lavapiés. Clara Ruiz aprende a ver — literalmente, a través de una cámara; metafóricamente, a través de los ojos de un cineasta que está perdiendo la vista.
Pedir en Amazon →From Chapter One — Talat Noi, Bangkok, Morning:
She was flat on her stomach in the grass, which she knew looked insane, but the flower was right there and the light was doing something she had never seen light do before and she was not going to stand up like a normal person and miss it.
Tham-mai suay jang tawn yoo khaang nawk, tae paw yoo nai jaw glaai pen dawk-mai dtaai?
Why are you so beautiful out here but when I take your picture you look like a dead flower?
From the bench fifteen feet away, a voice — older, male, American accent, completely unbothered: "Your highlights are blown."
Naiyana looked up.
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