Black Flower (2003) – KIM Young-ha
It’s safe to say that, by far, this was the novel I was most looking forward to reading when the Man Asian Literary Prize longlist was announced. A fan of […]
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Spring Snow (1968) – Yukio MISHIMA
Though I can name a whole pile of contemporary Japanese authors, my experience of the modern classics remains woefully underdone. I’m trying to work my way through a lot of […]
Hotel Iris (1996) – Yoko OGAWA
I read Ogawa’s beautiful short novel, The Housekeeper and the Professor, last year, and have been passively searching for her other work since. Written almost ten years before that novel, […]
Dream of Ding Village (2005) – YAN Lianke
I’m posting this today, as opposed to a usual Tuesday post, because today is World AIDS Day. It’s funny that most of the literature translated from Chinese for the West […]
The Lake (2005) – Banana YOSHIMOTO
This is my first proper dip into the longlist of this year’s Man Asian Literary Prize – that’s quite exciting, isn’t it? I read Yoshimoto’s Kitchen a long, long time […]
The Skating Rink (1993) – Roberto BOLAÑO
I’m still working my way through Bolaño’s backlist, so that when I do get around to reading 2666, I will be well and truly prepared. The Skating Rink is his […]
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007) – Junot DÍAZ
One of the things I love about second-hand bookstores is that you can find things for cheap that you might have been unsure about buying. The Brief Wondrous Life of […]
The Marriage Plot (2011) – Jeffrey EUGENIDES
Jeffrey Eugenides’ previous novel, Middlesex, rightly won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003 – it’s an excellent novel, and you should all check it out if you haven’t already. But that […]
The Monsoon Bride (2011) – Michelle Aung THIN
One of the many benefits of working at a bookstore is that publishers send us ARCs (advance reading copies) of books for us staff to read, so we know what’s […]
Sarah Thornhill (2011) – Kate GRENVILLE
Kate Grenville’s follow-up to The Secret River and The Lieutenant has no doubt been anticipated by many people, though it appears to have been released to not a great deal […]
