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Children of a Fireland: A Novel by Gary Pak [in AsianWeek]

07 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Hawaiian, Repost

Children of a FirelandIn the small, conservative town of Kanewai, on Oahu, Hawaii, mischievous messages start mysteriously appearing on the walls of the old town movie theater slotted for demolition. Tensions rise as...

The Cemetery of Chua Village and Other Stories by Doan Le, translated by Rosemary Nguyen with additional translations by Duong Tuong and Wayne Karlin [in AsianWeek]

07 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories, Southeast Asian, Translation, Vietnamese

Cemetery of Chua VillageA collection of 10 inventive stories that capture a glimpse of contemporary life in a Vietnamese village where the writer, actress, director, and painter Doan Le lived for 30 years...

Sadika’s Way: A Novel of Pakistan and America by Hina Haq [in AsianWeek]

07 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Pakistani, Pakistani American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Sadika's WayNot exactly one of the newest titles (it arrived later than sooner on my desk), but certainly noteworthy because of its subject matter. It opens with the Pakistani birth of Sadika – an unwanted...

Trespassing: A Novel by Uzma Aslam Khan [in AsianWeek]

07 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Pakistani, Pakistani American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

TrespassingAnother tale of Pakistan (finally, multiple entries in this area!), this one a lyrically written love story – with all sorts of obstacles, of course – about a modern daughter running an inherited silk factory, and...

Shadow Family by Miyuki Miyabe, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter [in AsianWeek]

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

Shadow FamilyThe discovery of an illicit link between the murder of a middle-aged salaryman and a college student is just the beginning. What the police find is a fantasy family the murdered man formed online,...

Little Green: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Chun Yu [in AsianWeek]

31 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Repost, Verse Novel/Nonfiction

Little Green“And this is how I remember it,” Chun Yu opens her memoir, written in narrative poetry. While her language is spare, her simple words paint evocative pictures of growing up. Stories of her separated...

Wanda’s Monster by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Nancy Hayashi [in AsianWeek]

31 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese American, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

Wanda's MonsterWanda’s convinced that a monster lives in her closet. While everyone tries to tell her otherwise, Grandma actually confirms Wanda’s worst fears. But Grandma helps Wanda feel much better by making life for her...

Up! by Kristine O’Connell George, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata [in AsianWeek]

31 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese American, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

Up!An energetic little girl spends a delightful day with her father, frolicking through the neighborhood playground, landing softly in the safe embrace of Daddy’s hug. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, March 31, 2005 Readers: Children Published:...

Red Land Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution by Ange Zhang [in AsianWeek]

25 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Repost

Red Land Yellow RiverA beautifully rendered, haunting autobiographical story about a young boy coming of age during China’s Cultural Revolution, a time marked with incomprehensible, dangerous, chaotic change. Absolutely breathtaking. Review: <a href="http://bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/asianweek-2005-02-25-new-and-notable.pdf"...

If You’ll Be My Valentine by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Fumi Kosaka [in AsianWeek]

25 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese American, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

If You'll Be My ValentineA small boy creates perfect little moments of love for everyone around him – for his pets, his siblings, his grandmother and, of course, his parents. Review: <a...

Maya Running by Anjali Banerjee [in AsianWeek]

25 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, South Asian American

Maya RunningAs the only South Asian in her middle school, Maya knows all about being different in her tiny Canadian town. She doesn’t speak Bengali, she’s at that awkward stage of pimples and endless limbs,...

The Noodle Maker: A Novel by Ma Jian, translated by Flora Drew [in AsianWeek]

25 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation

Noodle MakerIn the wake of the devastation caused by the Cultural Revolution and the government corruptions of the Open Door Policy, the Chinese people can do little more than just survive – and some are...

The Good Man: A Novel by Edward Jae-Suk Lee [in AsianWeek]

25 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean American, Repost

Good ManUndoubtedly, this 29-year-old author can write. His story is a little too convoluted, but it’s well worth the read. Gabriel Guttman (in German, ‘Gutmann’ is literally “good man”), a grisled Korean War veteran...

Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]

18 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

kira-kiraThe Best Wake-up Call of All Calls coming in at 4:26 a.m. don’t usually make most people just jump up and down and scream for joy. But Cynthia Kadohata, still half-asleep in her Los Angeles home, had...

The Three Virtues of Effective Parenting: Lessons from Confucius on the Power of Benevolence, Wisdom, and Courage by Shirley Yuen [in AsianWeek]

27 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost

Three Virtues of Effective ParentingWith all the endless shelves of parenting titles, why not tout one that champions Asian influences? One major diversion, however, from traditional discipline tactics attributed to Confucius: While...

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel [in AsianWeek]

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

Kafka on the ShoreHere’s the set up: a 15-year-old boy runs away from home possibly in search of his long-missing mother and sister, and is befriended by a library employee and a young...

Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap + Author Interview

21 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Thai, Thai American

SightseeingClint Eastwood, Summer Love, and Cockfighting The good news first: Rattawut Lapcharoensap’s family in Thailand is all fine; the tsunami thankfully did not harm them. The other good news: His collection of short stories, Sightseeing, which debuts...

The Migrant’s Table: Meals and Memories in Bengali-American Households by Krishnendu Ray [in AsianWeek]

06 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Indian American, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian American

Migrant's TableA hybrid if I ever saw one: At the heart of the book is a sociological look at how food and ethnicity intersect in the immigrant world (think how our APA holiday tables might...

Magic Seeds: A Novel by V.S. Naipaul [in AsianWeek]

06 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British Asian, Fiction, Indian, Indian African, Repost, South Asian

Magic SeedsNobel Prize-winner Naipaul continues Willie Chandran’s life story from Half a Life. After 18 years in Africa, Chandran is in Berlin with his more capable sister but ends up in India as...

Peacock Cries at the Three Gorges by Hong Ying, translated by Mark Smith and Henry Zhao [in AsianWeek]

06 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation

Peacock Cries at the Three GorgesLiu, a genetic scientist, arrives to visit her husband, Li, at his job site at the famed (or should that be infamous?) Three Gorges Dam Project...

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