Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1001)
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Dawn : Stories by Selahattin Demirtas EN
TurkeyDescription:
A new book from Sarah Jessica Parker’s imprint, SJP for Hogarth: Written from behind bars, the unforgettable collection from one of Turkey’s leading politicians and most powerful storytellers. In this essential collection, Selahattin Demirtaş’s arresting stories capture the voices of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. A cleaning lady is caught up in a violent demonstration on her way to work. A five-year-old girl attempts to escape war-torn Syria with her mother by boat. A suicide bombing shatters a neighborhood in Aleppo. And in the powerful story, 'Seher', a young factory wo... continue
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Last Train to Istanbul by Ayşe Kulin EN
Description:
Ayse Kulin is a clever writer. She draws the reader into the story of the life and loves of a Turkish family in wartime, and by the time the reader realizes that she has also cranked up the tension with a rescue plot, it is too late to put the book down unfinished.
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The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk EN
Description:
Winner of the 1990 Independent Award for foreign fiction, this book tells the story of a young Italian scholar who is captured by pirates. Put up for auction at the Istanbul slave market, he is bought by a Turkish servant, eager to learn about scientific and intellectual advances in the West.
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Estambul, Estambul by Burhan Sönmez ES
Description:
Cuatro hombres comparten una estrecha celda subterránea en un centro de interrogatorio de Estambul. Para hacer el tiempo más soportable, comparten historias llenas de ternura y dolor, que giran siempre en torno a la ciudad que parece ignorarlos. Durante diez da̕s se narran cuentos y experiencias personales y, se revelan también deseos y temores, anhelos de futuro y penas del pasado.
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A mulher ruiva by Orhan Pamuk PT
Description:
O vencedor do Nobel Orhan Pamuk retorna à arte do romance com a instigante história de um garoto abandonado pelo pai. Ao se jogar em caminhos imprevisíveis, ele se aproxima de um cavador de poços e tem sua vida impactada por um incidente envolvendo uma misteriosa mulher ruiva. Anos depois ele é capaz de revisitar a cena e desvelar segredos desse passado. Orhan Pamuk nos põe na pele de Cem, jovem de classe-média abandonado pelo pai que deixa seu cotidiano ordinário para se tornar aprendiz de um pobre cavador de poços que busca encontrar água em uma planície desolada. Eles trabalham arduamente s... continue
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My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk EN
Description:
** ORDER NIGHTS OF PLAGUE, THE NEW NOVEL FROM ORHAN PAMUK ** Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Winner of the International IMPAC Dublin Award 'Wonderful' The Spectator 'Magnificent' Observer 'Sumptuous' New Yorker 'Unforgettable' Guardian My Name is Red is an unforgettable murder mystery, set amid the splendour of sixteenth century Istanbul, from the Nobel prizewinning author In the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. At a time of violent fundamental... continue
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At the Breakfast Table by Defne Suman EN
Description:
Told from four different perspectives, At the Breakfast Table is a story of hidden histories and family secrets, from the author of The Silence of Scheherazade. Buyukada, Turkey, 2017. In the glow of a late summer morning, family gather for the 100th birthday of the famous artist Shirin Saka. It ought to be a time of fond reminiscence, looking back on a long and fruitful artistic career, on memories spanning almost a century. But the deep past is something Shirin has spent a lifetime trying to conceal. Her grandchildren, Nur and Fikret, and great-grandchild, Celine, do not know what she's hidi... continue