The Breaking Jewel: A Novel by Makoto Oda, translated by Donald Keene [in AsianWeek]
28 Mar, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation
Oda, known for his outspoken anti-war sentiments, captures a group of loyal, patriotic Japanese soldiers on a South Pacific island during the final days of World War II, who are mere pawns of a...
A landmark collection of vibrant prose and haunting poetry from a not-so-well-known, relatively new segment of the country’s growing APA community.
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The paperback re-issue of a collection of essays on all things Japanese by the world’s most famous honorary almost-Japanese.
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The Creation of Fiction
Time for true confessions: When I read Ruth Ozeki's first novel, My Year of Meats, a quirky, rollicking, memorable adventure about a documentary filmmaker who exposes the abuses in...
Honoring Community
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A comprehensive overview of the history of Asian American politics, from the early historical cases of the first Asian immigrants against exclusion, to significant immigration law changes in 1924 (which virtually shut...
Provocative, though rather academic study of immigration controls based on gender – from turn-of-the-century Chinese prostitutes to present-day homosexuals.
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While it may not keep you away from the malls and chic-chic boutiques, it may at least make you think twice about what you’re buying … the fashion-world exposé for every shopaholic in your...
Socio-historic summary of Korean cinema though films of three periods: pre-separation between North and South and the Japanese occupation, North/South division, and the postwar reality of a divided people.
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The concept of “Western modernity” traveling east throughout Asia, as it is reflected in the contemporary cinemas of Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
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With the growing presence of Indian film titles, a timely primer on how Bollywood (thankfully) is certainly not Hollywood.
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