“Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” by Barbara Demick
Inside the covers of Nothing to Envy sit the stories of multiple people and, well, their ordinary lives in North Korea.
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“The Bride’s Kimono” by Sujata Massey
A Japanese American woman who lives in Japan is invited to carry a stack of historical kimono to Washington DC from one museum to another, and then to lecture on them. Once she gets there, one of the kimono is stolen, her Japanese tourist acquaintance is killed, her passport goes missing, her parents think she’s dead, her Japanese boyfriend flies
Read more“Pearl of China” by Anchee Min
**post by nichan** Today I went to the library for the first time in a million years, and while randomly grabbing books off of the shelves, I stumbled over Pearl of China by Anchee Min. I’m not a huge fan of Min’s, but somehow it’d seemed like I’d read every book she’s written except that one… So into the pile
Read more“A House Divided” by Pearl S. Buck
**post by nichan** I might’ve mentioned before that Pearl S. Buck is probably my favorite author… Her best known work is “The Good Earth Trilogy” (or “House of Earth Trilogy”), which consists of three books that tell the stories of three generations of the Wang family of China. I read somewhere that she had a fourth book planned, but die
Read more“Mother” by Pearl S. Buck
**post by nichan** Pearl S. Buck, I think, is probably my favorite author. I’m not sure how many of her books I’ve read, but it’s been a lot. A whole lot. I stopped going to the library because they ran out of books of hers that I hadn’t yet plowed through…
Read moreThe Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P’ing Mei
I’m currently about halfway through “The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P’ing Mei: Volume Two: The Rivals”, and I thought I’d mention it in case you were looking for an insane book to enjoy.
Read moreWilliam Gibson’s “Idoru”
nichan reviews William Gibson’s Idoru about an American teen named Chia who spends all of her time cyberstalking a Japanese rock duo.
Read moreThe first hundred pages of “A Modern History of Hong Kong”
***Special guest post by nichan*** This weekend I sat down and read the first hundred pages of “A Modern History of Hong Kong” by Steve Tsang, which is – wait for it! – a history on Hong Kong!
Read moreNew Online Magazine Asymptote
So the literary geek in me loves it when international authors are presented with English translations. Why? It really sucks being basically mono-lingual. As in if it’s not in English, then I can’t really understand it. My German and Spanish only allow me to pick out certain words and very simple, beginner phrases, just as good as me being able
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Asian Addicts Anonymous 