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A Good Indian Wife by Anne Cherian [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

good-indian-wifeNeel is a handsome young doctor arriving at the family home in India to visit his ill grandfather. Back in his chosen home of San Francisco, he's got a gorgeous white girlfriend and his anesthesiologist career...

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Repost, South Asian

white-tigerAs horrible as some of the images are in this 2008 Booker Prize-winning debut novel, you can't help but chuckle just a little bit at some of the impossible shenanigans of its self-made unapologetic...

AIDS Sutra: Hidden Stories from India edited by Negar Akhavi [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Indian, Indian American, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

aids-sutraA harrowing anthology, comprised of 16 essays by some of the best writers of the international Indian diaspora, vividly explores the ravages of a too-fast growing AIDS community across India. Nikita Lalwani writes about a kind,...

I Live Here by Mia Kirschner, J.B. MacKinnon, Paul Shoebridge, and Michael Simons [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Memoir, Myanmarese (Burmese), Nonfiction, Repost, Thai, Young Adult Readers

i-live-hereA genre-defying four-book documentary that captures the raw lives of refugees surviving war in Chechnya, the deadly sex-trade along the Burma/Thai border, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi. Sometimes, the jaw just drops in utterly...

The Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle, translated by Helge Dascher [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Canadian, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Memoir, Myanmarese (Burmese), Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian, Translation

burma-chroniclesWith amazingly effective simplicity, artist Guy Delisle takes you to Burma through an ex-pat’s perspective. He arrives with his wife, a Médecins San Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) aid worker, shortly after the devastating...

Alicia Afterimage by Lulu Delacre [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Memoir, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

alicia-afterimageA mourning mother remembers the brief life of her vibrant 16-year-old daughter who was tragically killed in a car crash. She gathers the voices of her daughter’s friends and schoolmates through snippets of shared memories to...

Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, Short Stories, South Asian, South Asian American

unaccustomed-earthThank goodness the Pulitzer-winning Jhumpa Lahiri went back to her short story roots: The Namesake was okay, but disappointing after The Interpreter of Maladies which was such a shockingly remarkable debut. Holy moly, now comes this unforgettable...

Once They Hear My Name: Korean Adoptees and Their Journeys Toward Identity edited by Ellen Lee, Marilyn Lammert, and Mary Anne Hess [in Christian Science Monitor]

30 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Korean American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

once-they-hear-my-name"When I got to college I said I was adopted, right off the bat,” says Todd Knowlton, a 33-year-old Korean-American adoptee. “It doesn’t bother me, but once they hear my last name, people always ask uncomfortable...

The Boy by Naeem Murr

29 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Lebanese, Lebanese American

Boy.MurrYou can't believe how scary this book can be, especially if you have children of your own. The eponymous boy of many names in Naeem Murr's disturbingly effective debut novel is a complicated, unpredictable,...

The Perfect Man by Naeem Murr

19 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Lebanese, Lebanese American, Young Adult Readers

Perfect ManNaeem Murr’s latest novel is a near-perfect coming-of-age story about an Indian-born, London-raised young man, dropped into the American Midwest virtually without support, and was last year’s Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Europe...

Bombay Anna: The Real Story and Remarkable Adventures of the ‘King and I’ Governess by Susan Morgan [in Christian Science Monitor]

16 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Awful Duds, Biography, British, Hapa/Mixed-race, Indian, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian, Thai

bombay-anna Immortalized by Deborah Kerr, Anna Leonowens – yes, that Anna, the one who taught the children of the King of Siam – was, without a doubt, a remarkable character. Unfortunately, her story remains buried in...

Marrying Anita: A Quest for Love in the New India by Anita Jain [in Christian Science Monitor]

04 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Indian American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian American

marrying-anita1At 32, Anita Jain is an object of pity. Never mind her Harvard degree and a journalism career with its expat adventures in far-flung destinations such as London, Mexico City, and Singapore. Ask any auntie or...

The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, British, Chinese, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese, Malaysian, Repost, Southeast Asian

gift-of-rain1IF YOU READ ONE BOOK, LET IT BE THIS EPIC STUNNER! One rainy evening, an elderly gentleman finds himself opening the door to his past in the form an elderly woman who arrives bearing a gift....

A Golden Age [Bengal Trilogy, Book 1] by Tahmima Anam [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi American, British Asian, Fiction, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American, Young Adult Readers

golden-ageHere’s the best news up front: Tahmima Anam’s impressive debut is the first of a planned trilogy. While still mourning the sudden loss of her too-young husband, Rehana loses custody of her young son...

The Pakistani Bride by Bapsi Sidhwa [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Pakistani, Pakistani American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

pakistani-brideFirst published in 1983, Sidhwa’s haunting first novel has been brought back with a new introduction by grand dame Anita Desai. It's based on a true story Sidwha heard while traveling in Pakistan about a young...

This Is a Bust by Ed Lin [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

this-is-a-bustWhile Robert Chow’s life might be a bust, this second novel for the talented Lin turns out to be quite the page-turner. As the token Chinese policeman in 1976 New York Chinatown, Chow is also an...

Mountains Painted with Turmeric by Lil Bahadur Chettri, translated by Michael J. Hutt [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Nepali, Repost, South Asian, Translation

mountains-painted-with-turmericIronically named “Wealthy One,” Dhané is a poor farmer who can’t get a lucky break in the small village his family has called home for many generations. Originally published in the 1950s, this new edition offers...

Binu and the Great Wall: The Myth of Meng by Su Tong, translated by Howard Goldblatt [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost

binu-and-the-great-wallPart of Canongate’s much-praised Myths Series. Su Tong – best known Stateside for his novella Raise the Red Lantern, which became an Oscar-nominated film by legendary Zhang Yimou – breathes life into one of China’s oldest...

The Sound of Language: A Novel by Amulya Malladi [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Afghan, Fiction, Indian American, Repost, South Asian American

sound-of-language1 Indian-born, U.S.-, UK-, and now Denmark-domiciled Malladi is a literary chameleon, thanks in part to her changing addresses. Language, which features a young Afghan refugee woman escaping unnamable horrors under the Taliban, is almost like reading a sister text of Khaled Hosseini’s...

Happy Family: A Novel by Wendy Lee [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

happy-familyThis slim volume resonates long after the last page, especially for mothers in today’s overscheduled, harried world. Hua Wu, a recent Chinese immigrant working a dead-end waitress job in New York's Chinatown, meets stylish Jane Templeton...

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