Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1972)
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Days in the Caucasus by Banine EN
Country: Asia / 
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Description:
A granddaughter of peasants who had become fabulously wealthy through an oil strike on their farm, Banine grew up in 'Oriental' splendor in Baku, Azerbaijani, when it was still part of the tsarist Russian Empire. The Russian Revolution of 1917 upended the family's life and they fled to Paris, where Banine became a writer.
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Los días del Cáucaso by Banine, ES
Country: Asia / Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Description:
UNO DE LOS MÁS ORIGINALES, DIVERTIDOS Y TREPIDANTES LIBROS AUTOBIOGRÁFICOS DEL SIGLO XX. El elegante, irónico y conmovedor retrato de una mujer y una época extraordinarias. «Con una prosa exquisita y una gloriosa capacidad para captar lo absurdo y lo cómico ;incluso en medio de los más trágicos sucesos;, Banine nos ofrece el relato de su embriagadora y turbulenta juventud, desde las orillas del mar Caspio hasta París». The Spectator «Tan vívida e ingeniosamente nos revela la autora un mundo por completo desconocido que, apenas comienzas Los días del Cáucaso, ya te encuentras del todo absorto e... continue
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Red Gas : A Novel by Eduard Vladimirovich Topelberg EN
Country: Asia / Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Description:
North Siberia: The huge gas line to Western Europe is in the last stages of construction. Soviet Prestige and a mammoth financial investment are at stake. Ten Days before the official inauguration there's a break-out from a labour camp. Two top officials are found gruesomely murdered. For Anna Kovina of the Criminal Investigation Department, the pressure is on to close the case before all hell breaks loose. But nothing is as it seems, and Anna's investigations uncover a dangerous world where high technology and higher finance clash with the ancient forces of primitive belief. And Ann... continue
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Stone Dreams by Akram Aylisli EN
Country: Asia / Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Description:
Amid ethnic violence, political corruption, and petty professional intrigue, an artist tries to live free of lies. Set during the last years of the Soviet Union, Stone Dreams tells the story of Azerbaijani actor Sadai Sadygly, who lands in a Baku hospital while trying to protect an elderly Armenian man from a gang of young Azerbaijanis. Something of a modern-day Don Quixote, Sadai has long battled the hatred and corruption he observes in contemporary Azerbaijani society. Wandering in and out of consciousness, he revisits his hometown, the ancient village of Aylis, where Christian Armenians and... continue
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Country: Asia / Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Description:
Das Leben und Treiben in einem Altstadtviertel Bakus, der Hauptstadt Aserbaidschans, beschwört der sich an seine Kindheit erinnernde Erzähler als verlorenes Paradies. Diese abgeschiedene Welt der kleinen Leute bietet wunderlichen Käuzen und gestrandeten Weisen einen idealen Nahrboden. Für den kleinen Alekber, der beim Anblick eines amerIkanischen Füllfederhalters, diesem Wunderding von einem anderen Stern, beschließt, später einmal Bücher zu schreiben, ist dies das stimulierende Milieu seiner unstillbaren Neugierde. Aus diesem Blickwinkel heraus er&... continue
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All Russians Love Birch Trees : A Novel by Olga Grjasnova EN
Country: Asia / Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Description:
An award-winning debut novel about a quirky immigrant’s journey through a multicultural, post-nationalist landscape Set in Frankfurt, All Russians Love Birch Trees follows a young immigrant named Masha. Fluent in five languages and able to get by in several others, Masha lives with her boyfriend, Elias. Her best friends are Muslims struggling to obtain residence permits, and her parents rarely leave the house except to compare gas prices. Masha has nearly completed her studies to become an interpreter, when suddenly Elias is hospitalized after a serious soccer injury and dies, forcing her to q... continue
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Solar Plexus: A Baku Saga in Four Parts by Rustam Ibragimbekov EN
Country: Asia / Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Description:
Set against the backdrop of Azerbaijan's rapidly-changing capital, Baku, spanning three generations and told from different perspectives, Solar Plexus tells the tale of a group of friends who grew up around the same courtyard in the city.
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Juli, August, September by Olga Grjasnowa DE
Country: Asia / Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Description:
Lous zweiter Ehemann ist eine Trophäe – das muss selbst ihre Mutter anerkennen. Sergej ist Pianist und er ist jüdisch, genau wie Lou. Trotzdem ist ihre Tochter Rosa noch nie in einer Synagoge gewesen – eine ganz normale jüdische Familie in Berlin. Aber sind sie noch eine Familie, und was ist das überhaupt? Um das herauszufinden, folgt Lou der Einladung zum 90. Geburtstag ihrer Tante. In einem abgehalfterten Resort auf Gran Canaria trifft der ganze ex-sowjetische Clan aus Israel zusammen, verbunden nur noch durch wechselseitige Missgunst. Gegen die kleinen Bösartigkeiten und die vage Leere in s... continue
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Yummah by Sarah A. Al Shafei EN
BahrainDescription:
Khadeeja is a child who is forced into womanhood early. She is compelled to marry a man much older than she through arranged marriage and lives a world of hardships from then on. Her mother dies soon after her wedding, leaving her with a husband she hardly knows and two brothers she knows nothing of. Khadeeja learns to love her husband and win his love in return, but just as she thought her life was a beautiful love story her precious son dies from a scorpion bite. Grief and sadness become her new best friends. Her husband, whom she can't live without, abandons her without warning and she is l... continue