RaveThe Quarterly Conversation...in Lapcharoensap’s hands we feel like we are seeing these sights and insights for the first time. The six stories in Sightseeing address familiar situations — fickle teenage love, loss of innocence, intergenerational conflict — but they are jerked out of the ordinary course by the sensitivity of Lapcharoensap’s prose. Fresh and well-crafted, they reinterpret everyday pain and beauty ... Lapsharoensap’s descriptions are sensually rich and emotionally concise. He writes with authority, completely inhabiting his stories from the first sentence ... It is only when illusory paradises collapse that Lapcharoensap’s characters can discover the aching beauty of the real world.
