Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1978)
531.
Orient, Occident by Salman Rushdie RO
IndiaDescription:
Reunind noua povestiri publicate pe parcursul mai multor ani, Orient, Occident reia una dintre temele predilecte ale lui Salman Rushdie, si anume suspendarea intre doua lumi de care se simte atras in egala masura si pe care este, tot in egala masura, dispus sa le critice. O incercare de apropriere si definire culturala a doua teritorii care si-au spus cuvintul in formarea sa ca scriitor, volumul de fata problematizeaza perceptia celor doua universuri si propune un spatiu intermediar, in care memoria, istoria si imaginatia se intilnesc si se fertilizeaza reciproc.
532.
Description:
An NYRB Classics Original Basti is a beautifully written reckoning with the tragic history of Pakistan. Basti means settlement, a common place, and Intizar Husain’s extraordinary novel begins with a mythic, even mystic, vision of harmony between old and young, man and woman, Muslim and Hindu. Then Zakir, the hero, wakes to the modern world. Crowds gather. Slogans echo. Cities burn. Whether hunkered down with family or furtively meeting to exchange news with friends in cafés, Zakir is alone in a country lost to the politics of loneliness.
533.
Why I Write by George Orwell EN
Description:
George Orwell set out 'to make political writing into an art', and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell's essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell's Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, an... continue
535.
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama EN
Description:
What does somebody with a wealth of common sense do if retirement palls? Why, open a marriage bureau, of course. And soon Mr Ali, from beautiful Vizag in South India, sees his new business flourish as the indomitable Mrs Ali and able assistant Aruna look on with careful eyes. But although many clients go away happy, problems lurk behind the scenes as Aruna nurses a heart-rending secret; while Mr Ali cannot see that he rarely follows the sage advice he so freely dishes out to others. And when love comes calling for Aruna, an impossible dilemma looms... A colourful coastal town and contemporary ... continue
536.
The Forbidden Daughter by Shobhan Bantwal EN
Description:
Set in the sensual richness of India, Shobhan Bantwal's gripping new novel asks: Where can a woman turn when her life's greatest blessing is seen as a curse? It's a girl! For most young couples, news of their unborn child's gender brings joyful anticipation. Not so for Isha Tilak and her husband, Nikhil. They already have a beloved daughter, but Nikhil's parents, hard-wired to favor male children above all, coldly reject little Priya at every turn. Vain and selfish, they see female grandchildren as burdens, and would just as soon never meet the one growing in Isha's belly. Even the obstetricia... continue
537.
The Hidden Hindu by Akshat Gupta EN
Description:
Unravel the unexpected mystery of the doomed immortals, running out of time.
538.
Sirigannda contemporary Kannada Writing by Shanbhag, Vivek EN
Description:
A compilation comprising the most incisive, original and evocative voices to come out of Karnataka in the last two decades.
539.
A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev EN
Description:
"Deeply-felt emotions that will keep readers turning the pages." --Susan Elizabeth Phillips, New York Times bestselling author Mili Rathod hasn't seen her husband in twenty years--not since she was promised to him at the age of four. Yet marriage has allowed Mili a freedom rarely given to girls in her village. Her grandmother has even allowed her to leave India and study in America for eight months, all to make her the perfect modern wife. Which is exactly what Mili longs to be--if her husband would just come and claim her. Bollywood's favorite director, Samir Rathod, has come to Michigan to s... continue
540.
The Flat on Malabar Hill by Chitra Kallay EN
Description:
Vinod and Shanti are husband and wife rooted in Indian tradition, who experience both joy and despair through the lives of their two sons. Kishore is a brilliant MIT grad, who lives in the United States and is married to Americanized Anjali. Dev, the younger, plays drums in clubs and uses drugs. When Vinod has bypass surgery and Shanti is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Kishore brings his family back to Malabar Hill, and Vinod makes a painful decision.