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Sayonara, Gangsters by Genichiro Takahashi, translated by Michael Emmerich [in AsianWeek]

28 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

Sayonara GangsterI confess I have no idea what really happened in this wacky novel, but it was nonetheless entertaining, if only because it's so totally indescribably unpredictable. From what I gathered, there's a love story...

One Hundred Million Hearts by Kerri Sakamoto [in AsianWeek]

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

One Hundred Million HeartsMiyo, raised by her indulgent father after her mother’s death, is shocked to discover her father’s secret life when he passes away. She travels to Japan, to meet a half-sister...

Island of Blood: Frontline Reports from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Other South Asian Flashpoints by Anita Pratap [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Afghan, Indian, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian, Sri Lankan

Island of BloodThe paperback edition of an important title that explores the frontline news happening in a complicated, troubled, often misunderstood part of the world where war, terrorism and endless ethnic conflict have ravaged...

Retribution: The Jiling Chronicles by Li Yung-p’ing, translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chung Lin [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation

RetributionAn 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...

Outlet by Randy Taguchi, translated by Glynne Walley [in AsianWeek]

07 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

OutletOK, 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...

An Eye for an Eye by Bandula Chandraratna [in AsianWeek]

07 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British Asian, Fiction, Repost, South Asian

Eye for an EyeThe sequel to Mirage continues the poignant story of Sayeed, who wakes in the hospital unaware of the tragedies he has endured, and the hardships he still must...

Out by Natsuo Kirino, translated by Stephen Snyder [in AsianWeek]

29 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

OutForget 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...

Invisible Gardens by Julie Shigekuni [in AsianWeek]

29 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

Invisible GardensThe follow-up to the award-winning A Bridge Between Us, Shigekuni's newest novel tells the haunting story of Lily Soto, a young Japanese American woman who appears to have the perfect life with her adoring...

Dragon Bones by Lisa See [in AsianWeek]

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

Dragon BonesThe third thriller from See to feature Liu Hulan, an agent for China’s Ministry of Public Security, and her husband, American lawyer David Stark. This time, they’re investigating a potential murder and archeological theft...

Ring by Koji Suzuki, translated by Robert B. Rohmer and Glynne Walley [in AsianWeek]

27 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

RingHere's the book that inspired both the Japanese cult film, Ringu, and the recent American remake, The Ring. With its bright pink and white cover, it’s a major eye-catcher. Start reading and it’s so creepy, your...

Underkill: An Allen Choice Novel by Leonard Chang [in AsianWeek]

27 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean American, Repost

UnderkillIntroduced in Chang’s Over the Shoulder, Korean American Allen Choice – a licensed bodyguard but not yet a private investigator – returns in this second installment to figure out the facts about the sudden, suspicious death...

My Pig Amarillo by Satomi Ichikawa [in AsianWeek]

30 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese American, Latin American, Repost

My Pig ArmadilloA lovingly-illustrated, bittersweet tale about a little Guatemalan boy who loses his four-legged, furry best friend. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, May 30, 2009 Readers: Children Published: 2003...

Honor Lost: Love and Death in Modern-Day Jordan by Norma Khouri [in AsianWeek]

25 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Arab, Jordanian, Memoir, Middle Eastern, Nonfiction, Repost

Honor LostKhouri writes hauntingly about the life and death of her childhood best friend, Dalia, who was murdered by her own father for falling in love with the wrong man. Khouri exposes the insidious laws...

The Interpreter by Suki Kim + Author Profile [in KoreAm Journal]

01 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Korean American, Repost

InterpreterInterpreting the Immigrant's Life: Urban girl Suki Kim makes her literary debut NEW YORK CITY — Suki Kim has a fantasy about “meeting all the many Asian Americans across the country.” She’s heard rumors that there are...

The Interpreter by Suki Kim + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]

24 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Korean American, Repost

InterpreterLiterary Vagabond Suki Kim Makes Her Debut Suki Kim and I have so many similarities in our respective pasts that we most certainly have crossed paths before. We were both in London at the same time, studying...

Baroque-A-Nova by Kevin Chong [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Repost

Baroque-a-NovaHip debut fiction by Canadian Chong, chronicling a week in the life of 18-year-old Saul St. Pierre, the slacker son of a famous folk-singing couple, coming to terms with the suicide of his estranged mother. Review: <a...

Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag by Kang Chol-Hwan and Pierre Rigoulot, translated by Yair Reiner [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Korean, Memoir, Nonfiction, North Korean, Repost, Translation

Aquariums of PyongyangFirst-ever memoir available in English about the horrors of surviving and escaping the brutal Communist labor camps of closed, barren North Korea. Review: "New and Notable," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, February/March...

Letters from the End of the World: A Firsthand Account of the Bombing of Hiroshima by Toyofumi Ogura, translated by Kisaburo Murakami and Shigeru Fujii [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Japanese, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Translation

Letters from the End of the WorldLetters from Ogura to his young wife, who survived the actual bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, only to die of radiation sickness...

For Rouenna by Sigrid Nunez [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Repost, Southeast Asian, Vietnamese

For RouennaA writer tries to reconstruct the life of a childhood acquaintance – an ex-combat nurse during Vietnam – after her sudden suicide. Review: "New and Notable," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, December 2001/January 2002 Readers:...

On Parole by Akira Yoshimura, translated by Stephen Snyder [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

On ParoleA master of disturbing, psychologically complex stories, Yoshimura's On Parole chronicles the release of a man from a life sentence for having murdered his wife, wounding her lover, and inadvertently killing the lover’s mother. Also...

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