![]() ![]() ![]() The tragedy of war and the threat of environmental degradation are themes woven into his stories. Their good luck, disappointments, and plain but poignant conversations reveal the subtle textures of Lao culture. Rather than writing through an ideological lens, Outhine focuses on the passions and foibles of ordinary people. Outhine is interested in his own memories, in how to behave with compassion, and in the chain of life among men and women that reaches into the earth. His stories are animated with Laotian virtues of simplicity, compassion, respect for age, and other village mores they breathe with a gentleness that is fresh and distinctive. Outhine Bounyavong is one of the most prominent contemporary writers in Laos. ![]()
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