Simon Foster
"Towira offers a thoughtful lament; a muted, meditative plea for her nation to cling to an ancestral spirituality..."
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Laila leaves Bangkok, besieged by law enforcement due to political and social unrest, and embarks on a road trip to the town of Pattani, in the far south of Thailand, along with her brother Sugood and Toi, a friend of his, to visit Sainab, the brothers' aunt, whom they barely know.