Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1982)
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A Woman Like Her : The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch by Sanam Maher EN
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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'The powerful story of a woman who was ahead of her time' Mishal Husain, presenter at BBC News 'Terrific and necessary' Sonia Faleiro 'This book is brilliant and terrifying' Meena Kandasamy _________________________ A beautiful woman in winged eyeliner and a low-cut top lies on a bed urging her favourite cricketer to win the next match. In another post, she pouts at the camera from a hot tub. She posts a selfie with a cleric, wearing his cap at a jaunty angle. Her posts are viewed millions of times and the comments beneath them are full of hate. As her no... continue
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Blasphemy : A Novel by Tehmina Durrani EN
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Set In South Pakistan, This Controversial Novel Is A Searing Study Of Evil. It Is The Tragic And Shocking Story Of The Beautiful Heer, Brutalized And Corrupted By Pir Sain, The So-Called Man Of God Whom She Is Married To At The Age Of Fifteen.
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The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories by Jamil Jan Kochai EN
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FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE, AND THE 2023 O. HENRY PRIZE NAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2022 "An endlessly inventive and moving collection from a thrilling and capacious young talent." —Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins. A luminous new collection of stories from a young writer who “has brought his culture’s rich history, mythology, and lyricism to American letters.” —Sandra Cisneros Pen/Hemingway finalist Jamil Jan Kochai breathes life into his contemporary Afghan characters, moving between modern-day Af... continue
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Cracking India : A Novel by Bapsi Sidhwa EN
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During the 1947 Partition of India, young Lenny Sethi suffers from polio and spends her days with Ayah, her beautiful nanny, who exposes her to the differences among the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs, but when Ayah is kidnapped, Lenny's world erupts into religious, ethnic, and radical violence. Reprint.
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Homegrown Hero by Khurrum Rahman EN
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Reluctant spy.Trained assassin.WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?JAY QASIM is back home in West London and in pursuit of normality. He's swapped dope-dealing for admin, and spends his free time at the local Muslim Community Centre or cruising around Hounslow in his beloved BMW. No-one would guess that he was the MI5 spy who foiled the most devastating terrorist attack in recent history. But Jay's part in sabotaging Ghurfat-Al-Mudarris' hit on London didn't pass unnoticed.IMRAN SIDDIQUI was trained to kill in Afghanistan by the terrorist cell who saved his life after his home was destroyed by war. The time... continue
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Grieving for Pigeons: Twelve Stories of Lahore by Zubair Ahmad EN
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In this poignant and meditative collection of short stories, Zubair Ahmad captures the lives and experiences of the people of the Punjab, a region divided between India and Pakistan. In an intimate narrative style, Ahmad writes a world that hovers between memory and imagination, home and abroad. The narrator follows the pull of his subconscious, shifting between past and present, recalling different eras of Lahore's neighbourhoods and the communities that define them. These stories evoke the complex realities of post-colonial Pakistani Punjab. The contradictions and betrayals of this region's ... continue
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LA EXPLOSION DE LOS MANGOS by Mohammed Hanif ES
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El 17 de agosto de 1988 moría en accidente aéreo el general Zia-ul-Haq, dictador de Pakistán. En el avión presidencial se encontraban importantes personalidades del régimen, entre ellas el jefe de los servicios de inteligencia, así como el embajador de Estados Unidos. No hubo supervivientes y las causas del siniestro nunca se aclararon. ¿Pudo deberse a un fallo humano o mecánico? ¿Se debió a la conspiración de un grupo de militares rivales? ¿O fue un complot de la CIA, que entonces colaboraba clandestinamente con el general para desestabilizar Afganistán y acelerar la retirada de las tropas ru... continue
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99 Nights in Logar by Jamil Jan Kochai EN
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"Twelve-year-old Marwand's memories from his previous visit to Afghanistan six years ago center on his contentious relationship with Budabash, the terrifying but beloved dog who guards his extended family's compound in Logar. Eager to find an ally in this place that's meant to be 'home, Marwand approaches Budabash the way he would any dog on his American suburban block--and the results are disastrous: Marwand loses a finger and Budabash escapes. The resulting search for the family dog is an expertly told adventure, a ninety-nine-night quest that sends Marwand and his cousins across the landsca... continue
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In the Name of Honour - A Memoir by Mukhtar Mai EN
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This rousing account is the exclusive, authorized memoir of international rights icon Mukhtar Mai, whose courageous struggle for justice earned her acclaim as "the Rosa Parks of Pakistan."