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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Lady Tan's Circle of Women : A Novel by Lisa See EN
ChinaDescription:
Sent into an arranged marriage, Tan Yunxian, forbidden to continue her work as a midwife-in-training as well as see her forever friend Meiling, is ordered to act like proper wife and seeks a way to continue treating women and girls from every level of society in fifteenth-century China.
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Country: Asia / 
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
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The Dattas have lived in Bangladesh all their lives. Despite being members of a small Hindu community, they refuse to leave the country. And then, on 6 December 1992, the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya is demolished by a mob of Hindu fundamentalists. The nightmare inevitably arrives at the Dattas' doorstep, and their world begins to fall apart.
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Le cercle du karma : roman by Kunzang Choden FR
BhutanDescription:
Frustrée de n'avoir pu accéder au savoir, réservé, dans la tradition bhoutanaise, aux enfants de sexe masculin, la jeune Tsomo, après le décès de sa mère bien-aimée, prend prétexte d'aller célébrer la mémoire de cette dernière dans un temple éloigné pour quitter sa famille. Ainsi débute la longue marche en forme d'odyssée qui va tenir lieu d'existence à Tsomo et la mener de son village près de Thimphu, la capitale du Bhoutan, à Kalimpong en Inde et jusqu'à Bodh Gaya, haut lieu du bouddhisme. Premier roman en provenance du Bhoutan, un pays longtemps "interdit", ce foisonnant récit initiatique e... continue
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Le dieu des petits riens by Arundhati Roy FR
IndiaDescription:
Rahel et Estha Kochamma, des jumeaux de huit ans, vivent en Inde, entourés de leur grand-mère, Mammachi, qui fabrique des confitures trop sucrées, de l'oncle Chacko, un coureur de jupons invétéré, esprit romantique converti au marxisme pour les besoins de son portefeuille, de la grand-tante Baby Kochamma, qui nourrit un amour mystique pour un prêtre irlandais, et de leur mère Ammu, abandonnée par son mari, qui aime secrètement Velutha, un Intouchable. Un drame va ébranler leur existence et les séparer. Comment réagir quand, à huit ans, on vous somme de savoir " qui aimer, comment et jusqu'où "... continue
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Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul by Khaled Hosseini FR
Country: Asia / 
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
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En plus de nous révéler l'Afghanistan contemporain, le romancier réussit une très belle histoire d'amour en ce lieu difficile. [SDM].
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Description:
Gao Jialin, a stubborn, idealistic and ambitious young man from a small country village, life is upended when corrupt local politics cost him his beloved job as a schoolteacher, prompting him to reject rural life and try to make it in the big city.
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Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out by Mo Yan EN
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One of the Nobel Prize Winners in Literature Ideal for fans of Chinese Playground, We Are Party People, Death of Me, Skate with Me, A Farmer’s Life for Me, and similar works Written by today’s most revered, controversial, and feared Chinese novelist Mo Yan’s Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out is a remarkable story. The absurd, real, comical, and tragic are combined into a fantastic read. The hero—or antihero—is Ximen Nao, a landowner known for his kindness to his peasants. His tale is a heart-wrenching and unique journey and completely riveting tale that shares the author’s love of a homeland c... continue
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Little Reunions by Eileen Chang EN
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A best-selling, autobiographical depiction of class privilege, bad romance, and political intrigue during World War II in China. Now available in English for the first time, Eileen Chang’s dark romance opens with Julie, living at a convent school in Hong Kong on the eve of the Japanese invasion. Her mother, Rachel, long divorced from Julie’s opium-addict father, saunters around the world with various lovers. Recollections of Julie’s horrifying but privileged childhood in Shanghai clash with a flamboyant, sometimes incestuous cast of relations that crowd her life. Eventually, back in Shanghai, ... continue
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Lust, Caution by Eileen Chang EN
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In 1940s Shanghai, beautiful young Jiazhi spends her days playing mahjong and drinking tea with high society ladies. But China is occupied by invading Japanese forces and things are not always what they seem in wartime. Jiazhi’s life is a front. A patriotic student radical, her mission is to seduce a powerful employee of the occupying government and lead him to the assassin’s bullet. Yet as she waits for him to arrive at their liaison, Jiazhi begins to wonder if she is cut out to be a femme fatale and coldly take Mr Yi to his death. Or is she beginning to fall in love with him? A passionate ta... continue
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Lust, Caution by Ailing Zhang EN
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An espionage thriller set against the backdrop of World War II Shanghai recounts the relationship between Mr. Yee, a powerful political figure, and Wang Jiazhi, a young woman who is swept up in a perilous game of emotional intrigue with Mr. Yee, in a volume that is accompanied by the screenplay for the film, an essay on the making of the film, and film stills. Simultaneous. (A Focus Features film, written by James Schamus & Wang Hui-Ling, directed by Ang Lee, releasing September 2007) (Performing Arts)