Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1411)
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The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years by Chingiz Aitmatov EN
Country: Asia / 
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
" . . . a rewarding book." —Times Literary Supplement Set in the vast windswept Central Asian steppes and the infinite reaches of galactic space, this powerful novel offers a vivid view of the culture and values of the Soviet Union's Central Asian peoples.
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Foreign Fighters and International Peace : Joining Global Jihad and Marching Back Home by Cholpon Orozobekova EN
Country: Asia / Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
This book provides compelling account of the emergence of jihadism and ISIS, radicalization process of jihadism and their post-ISIS lives, and consequences of a family jihad that resulted of thousands of women and children held in the desert with nowhere to go.
825.
The White Ship by Chingiz Aitmatov EN
Country: Asia / Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
In a primeval forest cut off from the rest of the world, a seven-year-old boy and six adults are living. The boy is isolated and lonesome. A connoisseur of folk tales, old Maumoon serves as a substitute for his parents. A world of tales and beautiful legends as perceived by the impressionable child prone to fantastic perceptions of reality conflicts with the harsh existence of adults engrossed in their own problems.
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Dshamilja : Erzählung by Čingiz Ajtmatov DE
Country: Asia / Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
Im zentralasiatischen nordöstlichen Kirgisien, irgendwo im Tal des Kukureuflusses, im Sommer des dritten Kriegsjahres 1943, hat sie sich abgespielt, »die schönste Liebesgeschichte der Welt« (Aragon). Said, der damals Fünfzehnjährige, der nicht wußte, wie Liebe sich zuträgt, erzählt sie mit großem Erstaunen.»Hier, in diesem hochmütigen Paris, das alles gesehen, alles gelesen, alles erlebt hat, merke ich plötzlich, daß mir Werther, Bérénice, Antonius und Kleopatra, Manon Lescaut, die Education sentimentale oder Dominique nichts bedeuten, weil ich Dshamilja gelesen habe«, schreibt Louis Aragon in... continue
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Laos829.
How to Pronounce Knife : Stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa EN
Description:
WINNER OF THE 2020 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2021 TRILLIUM BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, the PEN AMERICA OPEN BOOK AWARD, and the DANUTA GLEED AWARD #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER Named one of Time's Must-Read Books of 2020, and featuring stories that have appeared in Harper's, Granta, The Atlantic, and The Paris Review, this revelatory book of fiction from O. Henry Award winner Souvankham Thammavongsa establishes her as an essential new voice in Canadian and world literature. Told with compassion and wry humour, these stories honour characters strugg... continue
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The Bride Price : A Hmong Wedding Story by Mai Neng Moua EN
Description:
A principled decision brings unexpected consequences for a Hmong American woman struggling to reconcile the two cultures--and to be a good daughter while breaking the rules.