Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1440)
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God in Pink : A Novel by Hasan Namir EN
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A Globe 100 Best Book of the Year Lambda Literary Award winner The debut book by Hasan Namir is a revelatory novel about being queer and Muslim, set in war-torn Iraq in 2003. Ramy is a closeted university student whose parents have died, and who lives under the close scrutiny of his strict brother and sister-in-law. They exert pressure on him to find a wife, leaving him anguished and struggling to find a balance between his sexuality, religion, and culture. Desperate for counsel, he seeks the advice of Ammar, a sheikh at a local mosque, whose tolerance is challenged by the contradictions betwe... continue
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Absent : A Novel by Betool Khedairi EN
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Dalal is a young woman living in a crowded Baghdad apartment with the childless aunt and uncle who raised her. In the same building, Umm Mazin, a fortune-teller, offers her customers cures for their physical and romantic ailments, Saad the hairdresser attends to a dwindling number of female customers, and Ilham, a nurse, escapes the stark realities of her hospital job in dreams of her long-lost French mother. Despite the damaging effects of bombings and international sanctions on their world, all the residents try to maintain normal lives. Hoping to bring in much-needed cash by selling honey, ... continue
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Dedos de dátiles by Muḥsin Ramlī ES
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Han transcurrido diez años desde que Selim, un exiliado iraquí que trabaja en Madrid, huyó de la dictadura, la guerra, y las estrictas tradiciones familiares y religiosas de su país. Su tranquila vida se ve alterada el día en que se encuentra con su padre, de quien no había tenido noticias durante años, ahora convertido en un irreconocible personaje.
La religión, la guerra, la muerte y el amor sirven como base para presentar conflictos sociales o morales con una espléndida sensibilidad poética. El autor manifiesta aqu&iacut... continue
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Fragmentos de Bagdad by Sinan Antoon ES
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Cuando Yúsuf se detiene a contemplar sus viejas fotografías se dice a sí mismo que tiene «más de ochenta años, la mayor parte de los cuales son pasado». Que él, a fin de cuentas, está hecho de pasado, y no hace sino pensar en su juventud, en su familia descompuesta y en sus amores huidos. Pero también piensa en su ciudad… Bagdad es atentados, pero no solo. Bagdad es fanatismo, pero no solo. Bagdad es exaltación, pero no solo. La capital de Irak también ha sabido brillar.
Por su parte, Maha, al escuchar a ... continue
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The Baghdad Blog by Salam Pax EN
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This volume collects together Salam Pax's writings to tell the story of the war in Iraq from inside that besieged country. It provides a gripping perspective on the conflict and its aftermath.
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I Stared at the Night of the City by Bakhtiyar Ali EN
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Iraqi Kurdistan at the turn of the twenty-first century is a territory ruled by strongmen, revolutionaries, fixers, bureaucrats and the "Barons," who control everything from livestock and land to Kurdish cultural life. Defying the absolute power wielded by the Barons, a band of friends led by a poet embarks on an odyssey to find the bodies of two lovers killed unjustly by the authorities. The Barons respond by attempting to crush these would-be avengers, though their real war is waged against the imagination itself - despite the fact that imagination in its myriad forms is a prized, elusive co... continue
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The Epic of Gilgamesh by Sin-Leqi-Unninni EN
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. It tells the story Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and Enkidu, a wild man created by the gods to stop him oppressing the people of Uruk. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the... continue
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The Baghdad Clock by Shahad Al Rawi EN
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Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2018 This number one best-selling title in Iraq, Dubai, and the UAE is a heart-rending tale of two girls growing up in war-torn Baghdad Baghdad, 1991. The Gulf War is raging. Two girls, hiding in an air raid shelter, tell stories to keep the fear and the darkness at bay, and a deep friendship is born. But as the bombs continue to fall and friends begin to flee the country, the girls must face the fact that their lives will never be the same again. This poignant debut novel reveals just what it's like to grow up in a city that is slowly... continue
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Der falsche Inder by Abbas Khider DE
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Ein geheimnisvolles arabisches Manuskript im ICE Berlin-München, das niemandem zu gehören scheint und worin acht Mal auf verschiedene Weise die Lebensgeschichte desjenigen erzählt wird, der es zufällig findet und liest. Dieses Romandebüt handelt von der Flucht eines jungen Irakers, der unter Saddam Hussein im Gefängnis saß und vor Krieg und Unterdrückung flieht, sich in mehreren Ländern als Hauslehrer, Gelegenheitsarbeiter, Kellner durchschlägt; der vom Unglück verfolgt scheint und doch immer wieder auf wundersame Weise gerettet wird. Auf seiner Reise durch Nordafrika und Europa trifft er viel... continue