{"id":4403,"date":"2026-03-18T09:58:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookertea.com\/2026\/jasmine-nights\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:29:32","slug":"jasmine-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookertea.com\/de\/2026\/jasmine-nights\/","title":{"rendered":"Jasmine Nights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"249\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookertea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jasmine_Nights.jpg\" alt=\"Cover image, Jasmine Nights\" class=\"wp-image-4265\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebookertea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jasmine_Nights.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.thebookertea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jasmine_Nights-187x300.jpg 187w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>by S. P. Somtow (Thailand)<br>Paperback ISBN: 9780980014945<br>Pages: 356<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bangkok, 1963. Der zw\u00f6lfj\u00e4hrige Junge, den seine Familie \u201eKleiner Frosch&#8220; nennt, w\u00e4chst auf dem Familienanwesen im Schatten dreier exzentrischer Tanten aus dem Adel auf. Er besteht darauf, nur Englisch zu sprechen, nur englisches Essen zu essen, und nennt sich selbst Justin. Als Virgil, ein schwarzer amerikanischer Junge, sein Spielgef\u00e4hrte auf dem Baumhaus wird, \u00f6ffnet sich Justins selbst erschaffene Welt aus B\u00fcchern und Fantasie auf etwas viel Gr\u00f6\u00dferes: Fragen nach Rasse, Identit\u00e4t, Tradition und dem Sinn von Zugeh\u00f6rigkeit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3a0b6ecee707f0a50c83cf3235fec1b0\">Mit einer Mischung aus Kom\u00f6die, magischem Realismus und kultureller Beobachtung ist der Roman ein einfallsreiches und vielschichtiges Portr\u00e4t einer Gesellschaft \u2014 und einer Kindheit \u2014 im Wandel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-97cd0094cbd0e7c75ce207f0edf1ea8f\"><em>Dieses Buch ist bisher nur auf Englisch erschienen. Eine deutsche \u00dcbersetzung liegt nicht vor.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00dcber den Autor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>S. P. Somtow (Somtow Sucharitkul) wurde in Bangkok geboren, wuchs in Europa auf und wurde in Eton und Cambridge ausgebildet. Er hat in den Genres literarische Belletristik, Fantasy, Horror und Science-Fiction geschrieben \u2014 sein Roman <em>Vampire Junction<\/em> wurde von der Horror Writers\u2019 Association zu einem der vierzig besten Horrorromane aller Zeiten gew\u00e4hlt \u2014 und gewann f\u00fcr seine Novelle <em>The Bird Catcher<\/em> den World Fantasy Award. <em>Jasmine Nights<\/em>, weithin als sein pers\u00f6nlichstes Werk angesehen, erschien zun\u00e4chst als Fortsetzungsroman in der Bangkok Post, bevor es in Buchform ver\u00f6ffentlicht wurde. 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