Asian Review of Books

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Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
	This coming-of-age novel takes place against the political and military backdrop of modern-day Burma. Narrated by two teenaged boys on... Review: The Asian Review of Books

Best Friends Forever A World War II Scrapbook by Beverly Patt
	A fictional scrapbook by a girl whose best friend has been sent to a Japanese internment camp Review: The Asian Review of Books

Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen A Manifesto in 41 Tales by Marilyn Chin
	In an uproarious debut that lays bare the complicated generational relationships of Chinese-American women, Chin references classical... Review: The Asian Review of Books Review: The Guardian Review: The Observer

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
	Written by a highly decorated war veteran over the course of thirty years, Matterhorn is a spellbinding and unforgettable novel that brings... Review: The Guardian Review: the Christian Science Monitor Review: The Observer

Pearl of China by Anchee Min
	From the bestselling author of "Red Azalea" and "Empress Orchid" comes the powerful story of the friendship of a lifetime, based on the... Review: The Guardian Review: The Asian Review of Books Review: the Independent

Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco
	Garnering international prizes and acclaim, "Ilustrado" has been called brilliantly conceived and stylishly executed (2008 Man Asian... Review: The Observer Review: The Asian Review of Books Review: TIME Review: The Guardian

Geometry of God by Uzma Aslam Khan
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Road to Wanting by Wendy Law-Yone
	Traces the life of a young woman whose fate is always in the hands of others, be they well-meaning Americans or provincial pimps. Review: The Asian Review of Books Review: the Independent

Long for This World by Sonya Chung
	In a brilliant, powerful debut, Chung writes about a Korean family divided between America and their small Korean town. Review: The Asian Review of Books

Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim
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Changeling by Kenzaburo Oe
	Nobel Prize-winning author Kenzaburo Oe takes readers from the forests of southern Japan to the washed-out streets of Berlin as he... Review: The Guardian

Three Sisters by Feiyu Bi
	Review: The Independent

East Winds, West Winds by Mahdi Issa al-Saqr
	A novel of life in the British-run oilfields of Iraq in the middle of the twentieth century Review: The Independent

Butterfly's Shadow by Lee Langley
	In a Japan still rigid with tradition, an apprehensive fifteen-year-old tea-house girl prepares to welcome her first client. In his... Review: The Independent

Hotel Iris by Yoko Ogawa
	The award-winning author of "The Housekeeper and the Professor" returns with the twisted tale of an affair between a young woman and a... Review: The Independent

Forty Rules of Love A Novel of Rumi by Elif Shafak
	In this lyrical, exuberant follow-up to "The Bastard of Istanbul," acclaimed Turkish author Shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel... Review: The Independent

Serious Men by Manu Joseph
	A poignant, bitingly funny Indian satire and love story set in a scientific institute and in Mumbai's humid tenements. Review: The Independent

Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
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