The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories
By: Bruce Fulton
3.74
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
This eclectic, moving and richly enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to modern Korea…
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1. Child of Fortune
By: Yūko Tsushima , Geraldine Harcourt
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
By conventional Japanese standards, Koko Mizuno is an abysmal failure as woman, wife, and mother--a… read more
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2. Greek Lessons
By: Han Kang
3.47
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A powerful novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the author of the In… read more
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- asian literature
- fiction
- contemporary
"If snow is the silence that falls from the sky, perhaps rain is an endless sentence."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Si tomamos como cierta la premisa que dice que, cuando perdemos algo, ganamos otra cosa, ¿Qué es lo que he ganado yo al perderte a ti?."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"Before she lost words - when she was still able to se them to write - she sometimes wished that her own expressions would more closely resemble inarticulacy: a moan or low cry."-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
"To her, there was no touch as instantaneous and intuitive as the gaze. It was close to being the only way of touching without touch. Language, by comparison, is an infinitely more physical way to tou…"-Han Kang, Greek Lessons
3. Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories
By: Cho Nam-Joo
3.72
Format: 223 pages, Paperback
Eight women. Eight stories. One reality. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without c… read more
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- asia
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
"W samochodzie Seunghun podziękował mi i kilka razy poprosił, żebym jak najczęściej przyjeżdżała do Geumju. Chciałam zapytać, czy jej dzieci, czyli jego mama oraz ciocie i wujkowie, często do niej wpa…"-Cho Nam-Joo, Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories
"– Ale rzecz w tym, że nie wyobrażam sobie świata bez babci. Nie liczę na cud. Po prostu chcę, żeby żyła. – Seunghun, ja chyba bym tego nie chciała na jej miejscu. Życie nie ma sensu, gdy nie można ni…"-Cho Nam-Joo, Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories
4. Idol, Burning
By: Rin Usami
3.23
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The novel that lit the Japanese publishing world on fire: From a breathtaking up-and-coming writer,… read more
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- asian literature
- asia
- fiction
- contemporary
"His existence and my witnessing of it were all I asked for."-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
"Maybe that was how a home broke down over the years, as the sound of doors slamming and chairs roughly scraping the floor built up like dust, and the slow drip of gnashing teeth and resentful grumbli…"-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
"Idol groups generally assigned each member an official color, which would be used for the light sticks that fans would hold up to show your support at a performance or for other individual merch. My …"-Rin Usami, Idol, Burning
5. The Mars House
By: Natasha Pulley
4.02
Format: 469 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, a queer sci-fi novel about an Earth refugee a… read more
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- fiction
6. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
3.65
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
The moving international sensation about new beginnings, human connection, and the joy of reading. … read more
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- asian literature
- fiction
- contemporary
"It hurts to realize that it might be too late now for anything but regret."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"And here I am spending a sleepless night in a strange place. We might not be far from home, but I feel lonely."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"No es cuestión de ser expertos o novatos. Si lo plantea así, ni siquiera yo lo soy tanto. Lo importante es sentir emociones al toparse con un libro."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
"In my dream, I was an android maid living in a city in the not-so- distant future. In that neighbourhood, all the buildings were made of used books."-Satoshi Yagisawa, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #1)
7. The Waiting
By: Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
4.43
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
The story begins with a mother's confession... sisters permanently separated by a border during the… read more
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- asia
- fiction
8. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
By: Hwang Bo-Reum
4.02
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Yeongju is burned out. With her high-flying career, demanding marriage, and busy life in Seoul, sh… read more
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- asian literature
- fiction
- contemporary
"Why? Because we only get one shot in life, and we're living it now."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day'."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
"A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be a success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day."-Hwang Bo-Reum, Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
9. The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
By: Hisashi Kashiwai
3.70
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series f… read more
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- asian literature
- fiction
- contemporary
"Ah, Setchubai. "Plum Blossoms in the Snow." Perfect, and not just because of the name. It's a little sweet, but it'll go very well with the hotpot."-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
"We get used to things too easily. You think something's tasty the first time you eat it, but then you start taking it for granted. Never forget your first impressions."-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
"It's Swatow lace, I believe-- beautiful, isn't it? The design is titled "The Disc of the Moon"-- apparently it was inspired by the poem "Midnight Song" by the Tang-era poet Li Bai. I looked it up, an…"-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
"Miyajima oysters, simmered Kurama-style, miso-glazed baked butterburs with millet cake, bracken and bamboo shoot stew, chargrilled moroko, breast of Kyoto-reared chicken with a wasabi dressing, and v…"-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)
10. Lilith
By: Nikki Marmery
3.61
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In the tradition of Madeline Miller and Claire North, Lilith is the story of the first woman, who w… read more
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- fiction
"For women everywhere. Be your own gods. Your Mother commands it."-Nikki Marmery, Lilith
"In time we came to the point that most closely concerned [the women]: that all life is precious, but Creation is a power to be used sparingly, not relentlessly, without care or concern for their heal…"-Nikki Marmery, Lilith
11. The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction
By: Robert Goddard
4.31
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Umiko Wada never set out to be a private detective, let alone become the one-woman operation behind… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
12. The Goodbye Cat
By: Hiro Arikawa
3.90
Format: 285 pages, ebook
In the much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling and beloved The Travelling Cat Chronicles , se… read more
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- asian literature
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
"If you can make it in time, you want to say goodbye. Want to say thank you, and I love you."-Hiro Arikawa, The Goodbye Cat
"If, for instance, I were the one who had to say goodbye, I don’t think I’d want my final hours to be sad. I would want to see my loved ones’ smiles to the very end."-Hiro Arikawa, The Goodbye Cat
13. Whale
By: Cheon Myeong-Kwan
3.96
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
While "Whale" begins with Chunhee, a mysterious young brickmaker of imposing physicality who cannot… read more
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- asia
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
14. Star
By: Yukio Mishima
3.61
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
All eyes are upon Rikio. And he likes it, mostly. His fans cheer from a roped-off section, screamin… read more
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- classics
- asia
- short stories
- fiction
- asian literature
"Just as evil never dies, neither does the sentimental."-Yukio Mishima, Star
"The very thing that makes a star spectacular is the same thing that strikes him from the world at large and makes him an outsider."-Yukio Mishima, Star
"A hidden poetry that will be lost if any mediocrity is shed. Genius is a casualty. The poetry must never be conspicuous — its scent is only detectable when subtle."-Yukio Mishima, Star
15. Mater 2-10
By: Hwang Sok-yong
3.67
Format: 486 pages, Paperback
International Booker–nominated virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong is back with another powerful story — an epi… read more
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- asian literature
- asia
- fiction
- contemporary
16. The Old Drift
By: Namwali Serpell
3.74
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A Zambian debut novel that follows three generations of three families, telling the story of a nati… read more
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- fiction
"Every family is a war but some are more civil than others."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"Only a sister, an alternative self, could inspire such a sordid mix of disgust and envy."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"She stepped from the trashy bedlam of the road into the cool cave of the shop, relieved to escape the experience of walking outside while female."-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
"Old like her father was old, a shaggy shambling old, an old where you'd lost the order of things and felt so sad that you simply had to embrace the loss, reassuring yourself with the lie that you had…"-Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift
17. I Went To See My Father
By: Shin Kyung-Sook
3.70
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, Please Look After… read more
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- asian literature
- asia
- fiction
- contemporary
18. The Memory of Animals
By: Claire Fuller
3.61
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Our Endless Numbered Days, Swimming Lessons, Bitter Orange, and Un… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"Humans are useless at learning from their mistakes. We just have to keep making new plans."-Claire Fuller, The Memory of Animals
19. Hello, South Korea: Meet the Country Behind Hallyu
By: DK Eyewitness Travel
4.18
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Korea is a global phenomenon. K-pop tops the charts, kimchi spices up meals and K-drama dominates T… read more
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20. The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories
By: Bruce Fulton
3.74
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
This eclectic, moving and richly enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to modern Korea… read more
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- classics
- asia
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- asian literature
21. Woman, Life, Freedom
By: Marjane Satrapi
4.49
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
An urgent, groundbreaking and visually stunning new collection of graphic story-telling about the p… read more
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- contemporary
