Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1978)
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The Ground Beneath Her Feet : A Novel by Salman Rushdie EN
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Vina Apsara, a famous and much-loved singer, disappears in a devastating earthquake, leaving behind her long-time lover Ormus Cama, who finds, loses, seeks, and finds her again and again throughout his life in music.
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Krishnavatara 1: The Magic Flute by Dr. K.M. Munshi EN
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Part 1 of a retelling of the Krishnavatara in English.
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An Autobiography, Or, The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi EN
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Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.7 x 0.8 inches, wt: 1 Lb. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Western India in 1869. He was educated in London and later travelled to South Africa, where he experienced racism and took up the rights of Indians, instituting his first campaign of passive resistance. In 1915 he returned to British-controlled India, bringing to a country in the throes of independence his commitment to non-violent change, and his belief always in the power of truth. Under Gandhi's lead, millions of protesters would engage in mass campaigns of civil disobedience, seeking change through a... continue
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The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any Indo-European language, the Rig Veda (c. 1200-900 BC) is a collection of over 1,000 individual Sanskrit hymns. A work of intricate beauty, it provides a unique insight into early Indian mythology, religion and culture. This selection of 108 of the hymns, chosen for their eloquence and wisdom, focuses on the enduring themes of creation, sacrifice, death, women, the sacred plant soma and the gods. Inspirational and profound, it provides a fascinating introduction to one o... continue
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The Upanishads by Eknath Easwaran EN
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The Upanishads Contain Not Philosophy But Central Principles To Guide Us Through Life. They Are Therefore India'S Most Precious Legacy To Humanity. what Is That, By Knowing Which, All Things Are Known?What Makes My Mind Think, My Eyes See, My Tongue Speak, My Body Live?What Happens When This Body Dies? With Such Questions The Upanishads-The Fount Of India's Loftiest Thought And Faith-Begin. Unlike The Chapters In A Book, Each Of The Upanishads Is Complete In Itself: A Snapshot Of Transcendent Reality. They Are Remarkable And Unique Because While Other Civilizations, Including Vedic India Itsel... continue
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Connected History : Essays and Arguments by Sanjay Subrahmanyam EN
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A collection of essays that span many regions and cultures, by an award-winning historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam is becoming well known for the same sort of reasons that attach to Fernand Braudel and Carlo Ginzburg, as the proponent of a new kind of history - in his case, not longue durée or micro-history, but 'connected history': connected cross-culturally, and spanning regions, subjects and archives that are conventionally treated alone. Not a research paradigm, he insists, it is more of an oppositionswissenschaft, a way of trying to constantly break the moulds of historical objects. The essays... continue
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Na de tsunami by Amitav Ghosh, Hans van Cuijlenborg NL
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Schets van de gevolgen van de tsunami in december 2004 op enkele eilanden in de Golf van Bengalen.
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Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq EN
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Winner of the PEN Translates Award A monumental first collection in English from Banu Mushtaq: lawyer, activist, champion of Muslim women, and winner of India's highest literary honors. In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Published originally in the Kannada language between 1990 and 2023, praised for their dry and gentle humor, these portraits of family and community tensions testify to Mushtaq's years as a journalist and lawyer, in which she tirelessly championed women's rights an... continue
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The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure by Shoba Narayan EN
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The elevator door opens. A cow stands inside, angled diagonally to fit. It doesn’t look uncomfortable, merely impatient. “It is for the housewarming ceremony on the third floor,” explains the woman who stands behind the cow, holding it loosely with a rope. She has the sheepish look of a person caught in a strange situation who is trying to act as normal as possible. She introduces herself as Sarala and smiles reassuringly. The door closes. I shake my head and suppress a grin. It is good to be back. When Shoba Narayan—who has just returned to India with her husband and two daughters after years... continue
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Minor Disturbances at Grand Life Apartments by Hema Sukumar EN
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A warm-hearted debut novel set in the beautiful coastal city of Chennai, for fans of Alexander McCall Smith, Joanna Nell and Graeme Simsion. Grand Life Apartments is a middle-class apartment block surrounded by lush gardens in the coastal city of Chennai, India. It is the home of Kamala, a pious, soon-to-be retired dentist who spends her days counting down to the annual visits from her daughter who is studying in the UK. Her neighbour, Revathi, is a thirty-two-year-old engineer who is frequently reminded by her mother that she has reached her expiry date in the arranged marriage market. Jason,... continue