Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1975)
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The Eighth Life : (for Brilka) The International Bestseller by Nino Haratischvili EN
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AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘That night Stasia took an oath, swearing to learn the recipe by heart and destroy the paper. And when she was lying in her bed again, recalling the taste with all her senses, she was sure that this secret recipe could heal wounds, avert catastrophes, and bring people happiness. But she was wrong.’ At the start of the twentieth century, on the edge of the Russian Empire, a family prospers. It owes its success to a delicious chocolate recipe, passed down the generations with great solemnity and caution. A caution which is justified: this is a recipe for ecstasy that... continue
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Het schaarse licht by Nino Haratischwili NL
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‘Hier staan we, het trio dat is ontsnapt, dat de sprong naar het heden heeft gemaakt, wij, de overlevenden die proberen verder te leven in plaats van al diegenen wie het niet was vergund en die op deze foto’s voor altijd jong zullen blijven.’
Na de langverwachte onafhankelijkheid breekt er chaos uit in de jonge Georgische staat. Tussen de vochtige muren en de betoverende houten balkons in de binnenstad van Tbilisi sluiten eind jaren tachtig van de vorige eeuw vier meisjes vriendschap: de naar vrijheid hunkerende Dina, het intelligente buitenbeentje Ira, de romantische Nene... continue
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Kvachi by Mixeil Javaxišvili EN
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This is, in brief, the story of a swindler, a Georgian Felix Krull, or perhaps a cynical Don Quixote, named Kvachi Kvachantiradze: womanizer, cheat, perpetrator of insurance fraud, bank-robber, associate of Rasputin, filmmaker, revolutionary, and pimp. Though originally denounced as pornographic, Kvachi's tale is one of the great classics of twentieth-century Georgian literature--and a hilarious romp to boot.
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La octava vida (para Brilka) / The Eighth Life (for Brilka) by Nino Haratischwili ES
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Mágica como Cien años de soledad, intensa como La casa de los espíritus, monumental como Ana Karenina. «Nino Haratischwili es una de las voces más importantes de la literatura alemana.».-Die Zeit Georgia, 1917. Stasia, la hija de un exquisito fabricante de chocolate, sueña con ser bailarina en la Ópera de París pero, recién cumplidos los diecisiete años, se enamora de Simon Iachi, oficial de la Guardia Blanca. La revolución que estalla en octubre obliga a los enamorados a contraer precipitadamente matrimonio. Alemania, 2006. La biznieta de Stasia, Niza, lleva varios años viviendo en Berlín y h... continue
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Me, Margarita : Stories by Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili EN
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Short stories about men and women, love and hate, sex and disappointment, cynicism and hope--perhaps unique in that none of the stories reveal the time or place in they occur: the world is too small now for it to matter. A disillusioned woman, the narrator doesn't mince words about the imperfection of her life, her relationships, her prospects; yet what might in other hands seem discouraging is presented with such humor the reader can't help but feel there may yet be hope... for most of us.
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Campo de Peras by Nana Ekvtimishvili ES
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A sus dieciocho años, Lela solo sabe que tiene que asesinar a su profesor de Historia y que le espera una vida nueva más allá del campo de peras, un lugar en apariencia hermoso en el que ocurren terribles atrocidades.
En las afueras de Tiflis, en una Georgia recién independizada, se encuentra la Escuela para Niños con Discapacidades Intelectuales. Olvidados por sus padres, los alumnos del centro reciben lecciones de supervivencia, salpicadas de violencia y abandono.
Sin ningún lugar al que ir, Lela decide quedarse para planear el crimen y cuidar de s... continue
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Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky EN
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Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those misfits who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artefacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. Even the nature of his mutant daughter has been determined by the Zone. And it is for her that he makes his last tragic foray into the hazardous and hostile territory.
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Sinka Mensch by Anna Kordsaia-Samadaschwili DE
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Es war einmal eine Stadt, deren Bewohner schworen, sie sei die schönste der Welt und in ihr würden Dinge passieren, von denen andere Städte nur träumen könnten. Genau in dieser Stadt, am ehemaligen Revolutionärsplatz Nummer eins, wohnt der verkrüppelte, in einem Kinderheim aufgewachsene Musiker Aleksi Adamiani, dessen Nachname schlicht »Mensch« bedeutet. Auch wenn das Schicksal ihm ein sehr schweres Leben beschieden hatte, lächelte es ihm auch zu und schenkte ihm das treue Akkordeon »Raviata«, seine zwei engsten Freunde Kotiko und... continue
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The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin (Grigori Chkhartishvili) EN
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THE FIRST BOOK IN THE MULTI-MILLION COPY, INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING ERAST FANDORIN MYSTERIES SERIES 'A sparkling romp of a story' TLS 'In Russia Boris Akunin is roughly the counterpart of John Grisham' TIME 'Think Tolstoy writing James Bond with the logical rigour of Sherlock Holmes' GUARDIAN Moscow 1876. A young law student commits suicide in broad daylight in Moscow's Alexander Gardens. But this is no ordinary death, for the young man was the son of an influential industrialist and has left a considerable fortune. Erast Fandorin, a hotheaded new recruit to the Criminal Investigation Depart... continue