
Lanta
Jern Tonkoi
On a hushed shore beneath a moonlit sky, where the tides steal away memories etched in sand, a kiss changes everything.
Silom is nineteen, a fisherman’s apprentice with calloused hands, a battered wetsuit, and questions he’s never dared voice aloud. Lester is older, from a colder world—an Englishman adrift in a life that no longer fits. When their paths cross on the island of Ko Lanta, a brief, impulsive kiss stirs something neither of them is ready to name.
What begins as a fleeting connection becomes something deeper—tender, quiet, and inescapably real—in a place where duty weighs heavy and words come second to glances, gestures, and shared silences. But paradise cannot shield lovers from the weight of the world. As the tides shift and lives drift apart, Silom is left with only memory—and the ache of a promise unkept.
Spanning decades of longing, distance, and quiet resilience, Lanta is a lyrical, bittersweet love story set against the lush, salt-soaked beauty of southern Thailand. It is about the boy who kissed a stranger, the man who never forgot, and the lives that unfold between one impossible moment and its long-awaited echo.
For readers of André Aciman (Call Me by Your Name), Madeline Miller (The Song of Achilles), and anyone who has ever carried a memory like a flame in their chest.
Duration - 6h 39m.
Author - Jern Tonkoi.
Narrator - Eddie Tonkoi.
Published Date - Thursday, 30 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2025 Jern Tonkoi ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
On a hushed shore beneath a moonlit sky, where the tides steal away memories etched in sand, a kiss changes everything. Silom is nineteen, a fisherman’s apprentice with calloused hands, a battered wetsuit, and questions he’s never dared voice aloud. Lester is older, from a colder world—an Englishman adrift in a life that no longer fits. When their paths cross on the island of Ko Lanta, a brief, impulsive kiss stirs something neither of them is ready to name. What begins as a fleeting connection becomes something deeper—tender, quiet, and inescapably real—in a place where duty weighs heavy and words come second to glances, gestures, and shared silences. But paradise cannot shield lovers from the weight of the world. As the tides shift and lives drift apart, Silom is left with only memory—and the ache of a promise unkept. Spanning decades of longing, distance, and quiet resilience, Lanta is a lyrical, bittersweet love story set against the lush, salt-soaked beauty of southern Thailand. It is about the boy who kissed a stranger, the man who never forgot, and the lives that unfold between one impossible moment and its long-awaited echo. For readers of André Aciman (Call Me by Your Name), Madeline Miller (The Song of Achilles), and anyone who has ever carried a memory like a flame in their chest. Duration - 6h 39m. Author - Jern Tonkoi. Narrator - Eddie Tonkoi. Published Date - Thursday, 30 January 2025. Copyright - © 2025 Jern Tonkoi ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:06
Copyright
Duration:00:00:21
Content advisory
Duration:00:00:10
Part I, Chapter 1: January 1994, The sea breeze felt different on ko lanta
Duration:00:10:28
Chapter 1: Encounter with a stranger
Duration:00:04:25
Chapter 1: The colour of the breeze
Duration:00:14:35
Chapter 1: The jar of beads
Duration:00:04:27
Chapter 1: See you again
Duration:00:07:07
Part II, Chapter 2: October 1990, The house above the waves
Duration:00:09:58
Chapter 2: First day on the job
Duration:00:18:29
Chapter 2: Camilla Dearheart
Duration:00:08:56
Chapter 3: October 1993, Three years later
Duration:00:20:42
Chapter 4: January 1994, Stranger under the moonlight
Duration:00:14:06
Chapter 4: Unexpected visit
Duration:00:07:43
Chapter 4: The real me
Duration:00:06:47
Chapter 4: Next morning
Duration:00:01:20
Part III, Chapter 5: October 1998, Mending the shack
Duration:00:07:30
Chapter 5: The golden chain
Duration:00:05:24
Chapter 5: Happy birthday
Duration:00:02:46
Chapter 5: Dancing Duck
Duration:00:11:26
Chapter 6: January 1999, The sea turtle
Duration:00:07:57
Chapter 6: Passport to freedom
Duration:00:05:57
Chapter 6: The goodbye
Duration:00:15:11
Chapter 6: Emerald Cove
Duration:00:09:45
Chapter 6: Beneath the moon’s gentle gaze
Duration:00:11:14
Part IV, Chapter 7: October 2004, Moonlighting
Duration:00:15:25
Chapter 8: December 2004, Home sweet home
Duration:00:06:24
Chapter 8: The waves
Duration:00:11:16
Chapter 8: The escape
Duration:00:12:02
Chapter 9: January 2005, Missing in action
Duration:00:08:20
Chapter 9: Treasure in the mud
Duration:00:08:01
Chapter 9: Strong enough
Duration:00:20:01
Chapter 10: December 2005, Rebuilding Lanta
Duration:00:08:34
Part V, Chapter 11: October 2012, The island retreat
Duration:00:18:54
Chapter 12: May 2013, My Colonel
Duration:00:16:41
Chapter 12: Mama's letters
Duration:00:07:28
Chapter 13: September 2013, The monsoon was still going
Duration:00:04:22
Chapter 13: A week later
Duration:00:03:50
Chapter 13: Dreary drizzle of London
Duration:00:17:04
Chapter 13: I need the shack
Duration:00:07:33
Part VI, Chapter 14: October 2017, Another Life
Duration:00:14:55
Chapter 14: March 2020, We're not dead yet
Duration:00:10:59
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:35