{"product_id":"9789814260787","title":"The Truth About Anna: And Other Stories","description":"William Warren's writings on Asia have entertained and informed readers all over the world for 40 years. As he says, 'Even as a child, I preferred the unusual to the ordinary, the little-known to the familiar; and such inclinations remained with me as I grew up, determining what sort of books I particularly enjoyed, the places I wanted most to visit, and, after I started writing, the subjects that most appealed to me.' The essays in this book, all of them about Asia and collected here for the first time, are linked by a taste for oddity and romance. Their subjects range from Anna Leonowens - generally known as the sugar-sweet heroine of The King and I, but revealed here as a somewhat different Anna, less appealing but more interesting - to the significance of amulets and of shrines, Asian women, cobra as a gastronomic treat, the myth surrounding Jim Thompson, and the truth behind some of the Asian writings of Somerset Maugham - to name just a few.","brand":"Didier Millet Pte, Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185281745136,"sku":"9789814260787","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814260787_p0.jpg?v=1769888618","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814260787","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}