Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1979)
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The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide EN
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THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.A couple in their thirties live in a small rented cottage in a quiet part of Tokyo. They work at home as freelance writers. They no longer have very much to say to one another. One day a cat invites itself into their small kitchen. She is a beautiful creature. She leaves, but the next day comes again, and then again and again. New, small joys accompany the cat; the days have more light and colour. Life suddenly seems to have more promise for the husband and wife; they go walking together, talk and share stories of the cat and its little ways, play... continue
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Kafka am Strand by Haruki Murakami DE
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Der Held in diesem Entwicklungs- und Liebesroman heisst Kafka Tamura und ist fünfzehn Jahre alt. Er läuft von zu Hause fort, um der stärkste 15-Jährige der Welt zu werden. Eine kafkaeske Reise voller Mythen und Mysterien beginnt.
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Amintirea palidă a munţilor by Kazuo Ishiguro RO
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Romanul "Amintirea palida a muntilor", nominalizat la Booker Prize, a primit The Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, acordat de Royal Society of Literature.
"Amintirea palida a muntilor" este povestea melancolica a lui Etsuko, o japoneza care traieste singura in Anglia, straduindu-se sa exorcizeze un trecut bintuit de cosmarul celui de-al Doilea Razboi Mondial si sa se impace cu sinuciderea fiicei sale mai mari, Keiko. Amintirile sale se concentreaza insa asupra unei legaturi de amicitie din tinerete cu o alta tinara, Sachiko, si cu ciudata ei fiica, Mariko. Povestea centrala ... continue
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Coconut Milk by Dan Taulapapa McMullin EN
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Coconut Milk is a fresh, new poetry collection that is a sensual homage to place, people, love, and lust. The first collection by Samoan writer and painter Dan Taulapapa McMullin, the poems evoke both intimate conversations and provocative monologues that allow him to explore the complexities of being a queer Samoan in the United States. McMullin seamlessly flows between exposing the ironies of Tiki kitsch–inspired cultural appropriation and intimate snapshots of Samoan people and place. In doing so, he disrupts popular notions of a beautiful Polynesia available for the taking, and carves out ... continue
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami EN
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A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post-modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is the tour de force that expanded Haruki Murakami's international following. Tracking one man's descent into the Kafkaesque underworld of contemporary Tokyo, Murakami unites East and West, tragedy and farce, compassion and detachment, slang and philosophy.
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Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edogawa Rampo, James B. Harris EN
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For contents, see Author Catalog.
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Days at the Morisaki Bookshop : A Novel by Satoshi Yagisawa EN
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The wise and charming international bestseller and hit Japanese movie about a young woman who loses everything but finds herself--a tale of new beginnings, romantic and family relationships, and the comfort that can be found in books. Translated By Eric Ozawa Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existence--until the day her charming boyfriend Kashikoi, the man she expected to wed, casually announces he's been cheating on her and is marrying the other woman. Suddenly, Takako's life is in freefall. She loses her job, her friends, and her acquaintances, and spirals into a dee... continue
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El sonido de la montaña by Yasunari Kawabata ES
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Ogata Shingo envejece; pierde la memoria, confunde cosas. Los sueños comienzan a ocupar un lugar más importante; y en algunos de sueños, y también en sus vigilias, percibe un murmullo que confunde o no puede reconocer: ¿La montaña le está hablando? ¿Lo está llamando a aprender de su sabia eternidad?
Su vida es de una serena tristeza; es capaz de percibir la belleza de los árboles, de los arreglos florales, del canto de los pájaros y de la delicadeza de su nuera, Kikuko.
Al reflexionar sobre la vida de sus hijos, sie... continue
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Pálida luz en las colinas by Kazuo Ishiguro ES
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Despus del suicidio de su hija mayor, Etsuko, una japonesa de cincuenta aos instalada en Inglaterra, rememora momentos de su vida. Quiz la explicacin de esta tragedia familiar se encuentre agazapada en aquel Japn de los aos cincuenta que se recuperaba de las heridas de la guerra y del traumatismo de la bomba atmica...En la memoria de Etsuko aparece - de forma obsesiva, recurrente - la imagen de otra mujer, Sachiko, una amiga y vecina que viva sola con su hija Mariko. Dos personajes enigmticos, a cul ms inquietante. La pequea Mariko parece haber vivido una cruel y dolorosa experiencia, que redu... continue
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Un artista del mundo flotante by Kazuo Ishiguro ES
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La Segunda Guerra Mundial ha terminado y Japon comienza a levantarse de entre sus cenizas. En los meses que van desde octubre de 1948 a junio de 1950, el tiempo que media entre el comienzo de las negociaciones para casar a una hija y el matrimonio, Ono, un anciano pintor, recuerda su vida y reflexiona sobre su carrera artistica, en un intento por comprender una realidad cada dia mas ajena. No se de ningun colega que pintara su autorretrato con absoluta honestidad, declara Ono, y la pintura que va trazando de si mismo y de su epoca es una version susceptible de multiples y contradictorias inter... continue