The Last Song of Dusk by Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi [in AsianWeek]
28 Oct, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Repost, South Asian
What begins as an arranged marriage between a legendary beauty and a dashing doctor is anything but a happily-ever-after tale. But it is a sweeping love story that will stay...
Incredibly enough, a British novelist has written my own family’s story – on both the Hong and Yi sides. Novel though it may be, here’s proof that my ancestors were beyond crazy. The first...
Based on historical accounts, Ha Jin’s third novel opens with the words of an elderly man who records his memoirs for his American-born grandchildren. He
methodically recounts his experiences as a young “volunteer” Chinese army...
This enormous tome (800-plus pages) offers an expansive overview of a closed country and its incomprehensible leadership. With 13 years of research,...
One of the more intriguing, original novels I’ve come across in a long time – although I can’t really tell you what happened because I still haven’t figured it out. Presented in...
From one of the bad-boy editors of 
Belle Lettres for Kids
What lovely serendipity that just as our oldest child started reading in 1999, one of my very favorite writers, 
A fun little interactive book about tricks and treats for the youngest little hands to manipulate and giggle over.
Review: 
A fascinating collection that examines the diversity and overlapping similarities of the contemporary Korean American experience, post-L.A.-riots and a century after the...
Oh, wow!! What a compelling debut novel: Lonely, orphaned Ramchand, cheated out of any inheritance, works in a small sari shop. His quiet existence is challenged by two extremes: the overindulged, hypocritical life of...
The latest in the exploration of Asian American identity by young voices. “How do we – that is, Asian Americans of our generation – understand our individual and collective identities?” ask...
An informative overview that includes history, memoir, and technique by a world-famous Ninja grandmaster. These ain’t no stunts: They’re the real thing!
Review: 
Jen’s third novel is a bittersweet examination of the Wongs, a complicated Chinese American family with a father named Carnegie (!), a Caucasian mother called Blondie, two Asian adoptee daughters, and one towheaded birthson....
The looming question at the end of this fantastical novel is: “Is she or isn’t she?”
Naoko and her young daughter Monami are one of the few to survive a horrific bus crash. But Naoko is fatally...
From the author of the devastating 
An oddly compelling novella about a lonely man who never quite gets the girl – any girl – but is unwilling to give up trying. Indeed, few writers can do isolation quite like Kawabata, the Nobel-Prize-winning...
A collection of poems that captures the experiences of a Korean American writer living in two worlds – her native Korea, her contemporary America. Neither and both are quite home as she navigates the...
I hate the thought of weight training, but because my family history is filled with women with osteoporosis, this book seems like a wake-up call. It's even got...
The updated, expanded second edition to the 1993 title includes post-1945 achievements in the field, as well as expanding coverage of other artistic mediums, including calligraphy, ceramics, lacquerware, metalware, and...
This new edition of a bestselling classic biographical novel – should be on every student reading list! – includes a new essay, “Reclaiming Polly Bemis,” and discussion questions. <a href="http://www.mccunn.com/"...