Love After War edited by Wayne Karlin and Ho Anh Thai [in AsianWeek]
06 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Repost, Short Stories, Southeast Asian, Translation, Vietnamese
This behemoth anthology – the largest collection of its kind – made up of 45 Vietnamese authors of various backgrounds, is divided into five thematic sections that represent five contemporary periods of...
For the first time, the legendary principles of karate as espoused by Master Funakoshi, called the father of karate, are available in English translation. Rather than focusing on...
Oh, if only my thick fingers were so deft! Here’s 80 new creations to try, divided into four sections: Part 1 has basic pieces; Part 2 introduces all sorts of living things;...
An uncensored glimpse into the suffering lives within a rural Chinese community reeling from the utter violence that haunts the town as a result of a brutal rape, which results in a suicide by hanging, which...
The fantasy epic, begun in 
In spite of the comical nature of many scenes, Chronicle of a Blood Merchant is ultimately a heartbreaking story of a Chinese man and his family caught in...
OK, this one is really odd – but, nevertheless, hard to put down. Yuki's a freelance finance writer whose older brother is found in a decomposing heap. On her way to her parents' home when she...
In the midst of the growing Japanese occupation of China via Manchuria in the 1930s, an unlikely relationship develops between a teenage girl and a Japanese soldier disguised as a...
An energetic, kid-friendly tour (perfect for curious adults, too!) from a sushi bar to Tsukiji (the world’s largest fish market, located in Tokyo) to the sushi history annals, then back to the...
In the middle of a fierce storm, a wolf and a goat comfort each other in a completely darkened hut against the deafening thunder outside. The unlikely pair get to know one...
In the delightful sequel to 
Originally banned in China, To Live was the basis for the 1994 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prize winner of the same name, directed by grandmaster Zhang Yimou. A surprisingly slim volume, To Live tells...
An entertaining ghost story with a twist about a recently divorced television script writer who takes to visiting his parents … except they died tragically in
an accident decades ago, leaving him an orphan from childhood. The...
What might be considered a companion collection to 
Read Different. Read Vertical.
So there seems to be two basic types of readers of Japanese fiction: those who revere the classic writers like Kawabata, Tanizaki, Ōe, and maybe Mishima with an occasional contemporary foray into Haruki...
Living in the Space of 'In-Between': In any language, author Yoko Tawada is easily understood
If I wanted to make my mother truly proud, I would finally complete either of the...
Forget your stereotypical visions of the meek and timid Japanese housewife who waits for her salaryman husband with slippers in hand and dinner on the table. Meet Masako and her fellow night-shift food processing plant co-workers...
Move over, Harry Potter – here’s a totally different kind of fantasy series. While this is the first available installment in English, the Japanese version has up to 89 titles! [Publisher Vertical, Inc. has...
An entertaining, quirky, somewhat sad love story of sorts about a troubled young woman who marries a gay doctor and creates a new kind of family of her own.
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