Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1429)
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Some Prefer Nettles by Junichiro Tanizaki EN
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Junichiro Tanizaki’s Some Prefer Nettles is an exquisitely nuanced exploration of the allure of ancient Japanese tradition—and the profound disquiet that accompanied its passing. It is the 1920s in Tokyo, and Kaname and his wife Misako are trapped in a parody of a progressive Western marriage. No longer attracted to one another, they have long since stopped sleeping together and Kaname has sanctioned his wife’s liaisons with another man. But at the heart of their arrangement lies a sadness that impels Kaname to take refuge in the past, in the serene rituals of the classical puppet theater—and ... continue
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The Key by Junichiro Tanizaki EN
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'This Year I Intend To Begin Writing Freely About A Topic Which, In The Past, I Have Hesitated To Mention Even Here. I Have Always Avoided Commenting On My Sexual Relations With Ikuko, For Fear That She Might Surreptitiously Read My Diary And Be Offended-'So Begins The Key - A Forthright And Moving Tale Of A Middle-Aged Man Deeply In Love With His Younger Wife. In Spite Of That Love, They Have Grown Physically Apart, Each Unsure Of The Other'S Thoughts And Desires-Until The Day Ikuko Discovers The Key To Her Husband'S Diary With Its Desperate Hints Of Jealousy And Voyeurism. The Key, She Reali... continue
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Seven Japanese Tales by Junichiro Tanizaki EN
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Junichiro Tanizaki’s Seven Japanese Tales collects stories that explore the boundary at which love becomes self-annihilation, where the contemplation of beauty gives way to fetishism, and where tradition becomes an instrument of voluptuous cruelty. A beautiful blind musician exacts the ultimate sacrifice from the man who is both her disciple and her lover. A tattooist turns the body of an exquisite young girl into a reflection of her predatory inner nature. A young man is erotically imprisoned by memories of his absent mother. Shocking in its content and lyrical in its beauty, these stories re... continue
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A Cat, a Man, and Two Women by Junichiro Tanizaki EN
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This collection of stories is distinguished by its lightheartedness and comicealism.
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Diary of a Mad Old Man by Junichiro Tanizaki EN
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The journals of a seventy-seven year old man recovering from a stroke and frustrated with the limitations of his decaying body sustain a novel of the tragicomedy of human existence.
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Devils in Daylight by Junichiro Tanizaki EN
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A suspenseful early novella about obsession, voyeurism, and Tokyo's seedy criminal underworld
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The Maids by Junichiro Tanizaki EN
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A major discovery: Tanizaki's wonderful final novel--now in English
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The Gourmet Club : A Sextet by Junichiro Tanizaki EN
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This dazzling collection of six decadent tales spans 45 years in the extraordinary career of Japan's modern master storyteller.
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This thought-provoking and intriguing tale, by the Akutagawa Prize-nominated master short story writer Kanji Hanawa, revolves around the extraordinary real story of the seven-year-old boy who went missing in the bear-inhabited forests of northern Japan for six whole days in 2016, after his parents had apparently abandoned him as a punishment. In Backlight, a child is left alone at the side of a road in the mountains of Hokkaido in northern Japan by his parents. When they return moments later, the boy is gone. Ishida, a Professor of Psychology is enlisted as part of the search team. As days pas... continue
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Come Rain Or Come Shine by Kazuo Ishiguro EN
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In Kazuo Ishiguro's hands, a snapshot of domestic realism becomes a miniature masterpiece of memory and forgetting.