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Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram, translated by Andrew X. Pham with an introduction by Frances FitzGerald [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian, Translation, Vietnamese

last-night-i-dreamed-of-peaceAlready a runaway bestseller in Vietnam, this diary will break your heart – but offer you hope that in the worst of times, we human beings can be miraculously humane. As a young doctor working for communist...

Mail (vols. 1-3) by Housui Yamazaki, translated by Douglas Varenas, edited by Carl Gustav Horn [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Repost, Translation

mail13 From the artist who brought you the inventively creepy Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service series comes a three-volume thriller that will cause goosebumps, even in 95 degree weather. Reiji Akiba, who grew up blind,...

To Terra (vols. 1-3) by Keiko Takemiya, translated by Dawn T. Laabs [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Repost, Young Adult Readers

to-terra13 Here’s an inventive new manga series, this one by a woman. It's set in the future when humans have all but destroyed planet Earth. Those who have survived the collapse have created the era of...

Translucent (vol. 1) by Kazuhiro Okamoto, translated by Heidi Plechl [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Translation, Young Adult Readers

translucentWhile teenage readers will surely enjoy this manga too, adults can learn a little something about teenage dynamics. Shizuka Shiroyama, a thoughtful, timid young girl, suffers from the mysterious “Translucent Syndrome,” which means she cyclically starts...

I Love Dollars and Other Stories of China by Zhu Wen, translated by Julia Lovell [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories, Translation

i-love-dollarsForget pastoral countryside and quaint village life – this is post-Tiananmen China in which money rules and reinvention is the answer to survival in a new society defined by unleashed capitalism and greed. Six stories capture...

After Dark by Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

after-darkThe latest from one of Japan’s leading novelists is another signature piece in which the unexpected should be anticipated. It’s just before midnight and teenaged Mari reads a thick, unnamed book in a well-lit Denny’s in...

Woman on the Other Shore: A Novel by Mitsuyo Kakuta, translated by Wayne P. Lammers [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

woman-on-the-other-shoreMaking the playground rounds in hopes of finding a community among stay-at-home moms and their children has left Sayoko lonelier than ever. When she gets a job offer from single, brash, energetic Aoi, she immediately signs...

The Old Capital: A Novel of Taipei by Chu T’ien-hsin, translated by Howard Goldblatt [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories, Taiwanese, Translation

old-capitalFour short stories and a longer novella are linked together to create a mosaic of disparate voices that share a visceral longing for a time – and place – forever past. Chu adroitly leads readers through...

Love in a Fallen City by Eileen Chang, translated by Karen S. Kingsbury and Eileen Chang [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories, Translation

love-in-a-fallen-cityConsidered to be one of the great writers of 20th-century China since she hit the literary scene in the 1940s with a mighty bang, Chang died in obscurity in Los Angeles in 1995. Recently rediscovered thanks...

Forgery by Sabina Murray + Author Interview [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Filipina/o American, Hapa/Mixed-race, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

forgeryRuffling Feathers: An Interview with Novelist Sabina Murray Sabina Murray’s published output over the past five years has been substantial by anyone’s standards: three books, five screenplays, umpteen short stories, and winning the prestigious 2003 PEN/Faulkner Award....

Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff and Dr. Paula Kahumbu, with photographs by Peter Greste [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost

owen-mzeeWritten for an older audience of grade-school children, the recent sequel to Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship (February 2006) continues the inspiring story through fabulous photographs that follow the remarkable relationship...

The Real Story of Stone Soup by Ying Chang Compestine, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

real-story-of-stone-soupOne too many uses of what my kids call ‘the s-word” – as in ‘stupid’ – somewhat mars an otherwise entertaining tongue-in-cheek version of an age-old tale, this time narrated by a Chinese fisherman and his...

So Totally Emily Ebers by Lisa Yee [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Young Adult Readers

so-totally-emily-ebersThe final installment of a highly entertaining trilogy set in the same town, over the same three months, about the same three characters – each with three different perspectives about ‘how I spent my summer vacation.’...

The Jade Dragon by Carolyn Marsden and Virginia Shin-Mui Loh [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

jade-dragonAlthough based in part on the real-life experiences of Virginia Loh’s childhood in Northern Virginia, something about Dragon just doesn’t ring true. The premise seems unique and most definitely worthwhile – I can’t remember another middle-grade...

The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Indonesian, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Southeast Asian, Young Adult Readers

killing-seaAmerican teenager Sarah would much rather be hanging out with her friends back home in an air-conditioned mall than being stuck with her family vacationing in faraway Indonesia. When the massive tsunami of 2004 hits the...

Hail Caesar by Thu-Huong Ha [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Repost, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

hail-caesarAnother precocious debut – this one by a Princeton freshman who began the novel at 15 and won the PUSH Novel Contest at 17. Big Man on Campus-Caesar (real name John, but called Caesar because all...

Ode to Kirihito by Osamu Tezuka, translated by Camellia Nieh [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Repost, Translation

ode-to-kirihitoFrom the “godfather of manga” – who also had a medical degree! – comes the first English translation of the mysterious story of a dedicated young doctor, Kirihito Osanai, who is initially sent to a remote...

China Dolls by Michelle Yu and Blossom Kan [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

china-dollsThis Chinese American installment of the Sex in the City-genre features three 20-something childhood best-friends, each pursuing her own brand of happiness in Manhattan. While it starts off with a rather cringe-inducing visit to a Chinatown...

Karma and Other Stories by Rishi Reddi [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian American, Repost, Short Stories, South Asian American, Young Adult Readers

karma-and-other-storiesReddi’s debut – absolutely one of the best short story collections this year – captures the nuanced, often contradictory lives of multiple generations of the Indian diaspora. From the cranky old judge convinced he has...

Good Things by Mia King [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

good-thingsSeattle lifestyle guru Deirdre McIntosh’s life turns upside down when her Live Simple television show is suddenly cancelled, her live-in best friend decides to move in with his new soulmate and her bank account is about...

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