Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1984)
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My Feudal Lord by Tehmina Durrani, William Hoffer, Marilyn Mona Hoffer EN
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Born into one of Pakistan's most influential families, Tehmina Durrani was raised in the privileged milieu of Lahore high society. She was expected to marry a wealthy Muslim, bear him children and lead a sheltered life of leisure. This is the story of Tehmina's rebellion from an unhappy marriage.
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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid EN
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Follows the journey of a young, impoverished boy in an unspecified Asian nation to the top of the corporate world and the twists and turns of his relationship with a beautiful woman.
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An Abundance of Wild Roses by Feryal Ali-Gauhar EN
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In the Black Mountains of Pakistan, the discovery of an unconscious, unknown man is the first snowball in an avalanche of chaos. The head of the village is beset with problems – including the injured stranger – and failing to find his way out. His daughter receives a love letter and incurs her father’s wrath. A lame boy foretells disaster, but nobody is listening. Trapped in terrible danger, a wolf-dog is battling ice and death to save a soldier’s life. Beaten by her addict husband for bearing him only daughters, a woman is pregnant again – but can this child save her? As the elements turn on ... continue
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The Golden Legend by Nadeem Aslam EN
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Originally published: London: Faber and Faber, 2017.
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A Season for Martyrs by Bina Shah EN
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The U.S. literary debut of an up-and-coming Pakistani novelist and journalist. Ali Sikandar is assigned to cover the arrival of Benazir Bhutto, the opposition leader who has returned home to Karachi after eight years of exile to take part in the presidential race. Already eager to leave for college in the U.S. and marry his forbidden Hindu girlfriend, Ali loses a friend in a horrific explosion and finds himself swept up in events larger than his individual struggle for identity and love when he joins the People’s Resistance Movement, a group that opposes President Musharraf. Amidst deadly terr... continue
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Unmarrieable by Soniah Kamal EN
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“This inventive retelling of Pride and Prejudice charms.”—People “A fun, page-turning romp and a thought-provoking look at the class-obsessed strata of Pakistani society.”—NPR Alys Binat has sworn never to marry—until an encounter with one Mr. Darsee at a wedding makes her reconsider. A scandal and vicious rumor concerning the Binat family have destroyed their fortune and prospects for desirable marriages, but Alys, the second and most practical of the five Binat daughters, has found happiness teaching English literature to schoolgirls. Knowing that many of her students won’t make it to gradua... continue
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We are displaced by Malala Yousafzai EN
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Nobel Peace Prize winner and bestselling author Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the faces behind the statistics and news stories we read or hear every day about the millions of people displaced worldwide.Malala's experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider her own displacement - first as an Internally Displaced Person when she was a young child in Pakistan, and then as an international activist who could travel anywhere in the world, except to the home she loved. In WE ARE DISPLACED, which is part memoir, part communal storytelling, Malala not only explores her own story of... continue
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Mapas para amantes perdidos by Nadeem Aslam ES
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Jugnu y su joven amante Chanda han desaparecido. Los rumores recorren la comunidad paquistaní en una ciudad al norte de Inglaterra.
Entonces, una nevada mañana de enero, los hermanos de Chanda son arrestados por asesinato.
Mapa para amantes perdidos narra las cuatro estaciones siguientes, durante las cuales se abre el corazón de una familia prendida en una encrucijada de culturas, pasiones y religiones.
Una novela que habla sobre todo del amor por encima de la diferencias. Un lenguaje fascinante da una luz muy especial al paisaje, los insectos, los pájaros y l... continue
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Best of Friends : A Novel by Kamila Shamsie EN
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“A profound novel about friendship. I loved it to pieces.” —Madeline Miller “A shining tour de force about a long friendship’s respects, disrespects, loyalties and moralities.” —Ali Smith From the acclaimed author of Home Fire, the moving and surprising story of a lifelong friendship and the forces that bring it to the breaking point Zahra and Maryam have been best friends since childhood in Karachi, even though—or maybe because—they are unlike in nearly every way. Yet they never speak of the differences in their backgrounds or their values, not even after the fateful night when a moment of ad... continue