The Judgment

novel by Chart Korbjitti

Also known as: “Kham phiphaksa”

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Chart Korbjitti's novel, The Judgment (Kham phiphaksa), published in 1982, tells the story of a well-meaning rural school janitor who becomes a social outcast due to the narrow-minded gossip and hypocrisy of his community. This novel, like Korbjitti's earlier work *The End1

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…award-winning novel Kham phiphaksa (1982; The Judgment), in which a well-meaning rural school janitor is turned into a social outcast through the narrow-minded gossip and hypocrisy of the community in which he has grown up. By publishing his own works, Chart achieved a degree of financial independence that most writers…
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…award-winning novel Kham phiphaksa (1982; The Judgment), in which a well-meaning rural school janitor is turned into a social outcast through the narrow-minded gossip and hypocrisy of the community in which he has grown up. By publishing his own works, Chart achieved a degree of financial independence that most writers…
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