Popular Asian Historical Fiction Books
Find historical fiction books written by authors from Asia for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (335)
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Who's Saying what in Jamestown, Thomas Savage? by Jean Fritz EN
ChinaDescription:
A biography of Thomas Savage, one of the early colonists of Jamestown, Virginia, who was sent to live among the Indians in order to learn their language and become an interpreter.
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Narrated by Maple, a less than passionate Maoist whose father is imprisoned for a minor crime, a powerful story of desire during the time of the Cultural Revolution follows Wild Ginger, who, due to tragic circumstances, embraces Maoism and soon becomes a national model for Maoism, which prohibits romantic love, forcing her to make a difficult decision when she falls in love with a young man. Reprint.
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Your Republic Is Calling You by Kim Young-ha EN
Country: Asia / 
South Korea
South Korea
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This psychological thriller of a North Korean spy living in Seoul is “perhaps the most intriguing and accomplished Korean fiction yet to appear in English” (Kirkus). Foreign film importer Kim Ki-Yong is a family man with a wife and daughter. Living a prosperous life in Seoul, South Korea, he’s an aficionado of Heineken, soccer, and sushi. But he is also a North Korean spy who has been living among his enemies for twenty-one years. Then, after more than a decade of silence from the home office, he receives a mysterious email stating that he has one day to return to headquarters. But is the mess... continue
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Zăpada by Orhan Pamuk RO
TurkeyDescription:
Aparut in 2002, Zapada, romanul cu aer kafkian al lui Orhan Pamuk pare familiar cititorului pasionat. Zapada urmareste un moment din viata unui poet ce revine in inima framintata de umori si conflicte religioase a unui orasel turcesc de provincie. In Kars, totul a luat-o razna, iar locuitorii orasului sint ingroziti de valul de sinucideri ale unor tinere carora li s-a interzis sa poarte val in scoli. Ka revede fosti prieteni si isi reintilneste iubita, Ipek, a carei sora mai tinara este conducatoarea protestatarelor. Odata ce numarul personajelor creste, framintarile in micul oras capata propo... continue