Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1981)
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Hallo How Are You? by Shigeo Watanabe, Yasuo Ōtomo EN
JapanDescription:
A small bear has just learnt the proper way to greet people and wants to practise it. Unfortunately, the flowers, birds and cat can't give the correct answer, and the postman, milkman and newspaperman are all too busy. All is well however, when the little bear's father appears and makes everything right by knowing just how to answer.
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The Gossamer Years : The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan by Michitsuna No Haha EN
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Kagero Nikki, translated here as The Gossamer Years, belongs to the same period as the celebrated Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikuibu. This remarkably frank autobiographical diary and personal confession attempts to describe a difficult relationship as it reveals two tempestuous decades of the author's unhappy marriage and her growing indignation at rival wives and mistresses. Too impetuous to be satisfied as a subsidiary wife, this beautiful (and unnamed) noblewoman of the Heian dynasty protests the marriage system of her time in one of Japanese literature's earliest attempts to portray diffic... continue
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Mornings Without Mii by Mayumi Inaba EN
Description:
INDIE BESTSELLER A Must-Read: The New Yorker * Literary Hub * The Millions * Kirkus Reviews * Shelf Awareness * BookBub "I have never read a book quite like this. [A] profoundly real, specific, moving, and beautifully written story." ―Elif Batuman, author of Either/Or "[A] moving memoir . . . [of] the daily joys and intimacies of having a pet . . . Inaba's portrait of the human-feline relationship is reverential, an expression of devotion." --The New Yorker Mornings Without Mii is a beloved Japanese modern classic: a deeply affecting story of solitude, independence, writing, grief, love, and l... continue
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Anno's Math Games by Mitsumasa Anno EN
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Through lively pictures and intriguing puzzles and games, Anno takes young children on a fun-filled journey through basic mathematical concepts, showing how skills are used every day. Full color.
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Spark Joy : An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up by Marie Kondo EN
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The star of the hit Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo and author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up helps you visualize your ideal lifestyle. Japanese decluttering guru Marie Kondo has revolutionized homes—and lives—across the world. Now, Kondo presents an illustrated guide to usingher acclaimed KonMari Method to create a joy-filled home that works the way you need it to. Spark Joy features step-by-step folding illustrations for everything from shirts to socks, plus drawings of perfectly organized drawers and closets. Kondo also answers frequently ask... continue
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The Hounding by Xenobe Purvis EN
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The Crucible meets The Virgin Suicides in this haunting debut about five sisters in a small village in 18th century England whose neighbors are convinced they’re turning into dogs. Even before the rumors about the Mansfield girls begin, Little Nettlebed is a village steeped in the uncanny, from strange creatures that wash up on the riverbed to portentous ravens gathering on the roofs of people about to die. But when the villagers start to hear barking, and when one claims to see the Mansfield sisters transform before his very eyes, the allegations spark fascination and fear like nothing has be... continue
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Battle Royale by Koushun Takami PT
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Em 1997, o jornalista e escritor japonês Koushun Takami sofreu uma grande decepção. O manuscrito de seu romance de estreia havia chegado à final do Japan Grand Prix Horror Novel, concurso literário voltado para a ficção de terror, mas acabou preterido. Não era para menos. Embora habituado a tramas assustadoras, o júri se alarmou com a história do jogo macabro entre adolescentes de uma mesma turma escolar que, confinados numa ilha, têm de matar uns aos outros até que reste apenas um sobrevivente. Detalhe: o organizador da sangrenta disputa é o próprio Estado japonês, imaginado pelo autor como u... continue
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Kappa by Ryunosuke Akutagawa EN
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Akutagawa's magical final work is a short novel with a magic spell all its own--poignant, fantastical, wry, melancholic, and witty
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Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo EN
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A fiendish, classic locked room murder mystery, from one of Japan's greatest crime writers, that’s perfect for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware “An exceptional whodunit... The brilliant and intricate plot will keep readers turning the pages.” --Publishers Weekly, starred review “Seishi Yokomizo took a pinch of John Dickson Carr and a dash of Agatha Christie in creating Kosuke Kindaichi, solver of impossible crimes... Kosuke’s arrival [on Gokumon Island] coincides with a string of bizarre and gruesome murders. As deaths mount, the quirky, endearing detective strings together the clues to solve ... continue