WAJUPPA TOSSA, translator. Original transcription by Phra Ariyanuwat. Cranbury, NJ: Bucknell University Press, 1996. xii + 164 pages. Indices, glossary, illustrations, bibliography. Cloth US$29.50; ISBN 0-8387-5306-X. Phya Khankhaak is Wajuppa Tossa's second translation of an Isan epic poem into English - the first being Pha Daeng Nang Ai (Diller 1992). Both texts are based upon written versions recorded by the late Phra Ariyanuwat Khemajari of Mahasarakham Province in northeastern Thailand, the region often referred to as Isan. This second translation is closer than the first to achieving th...
