Read Around Asia Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in Asia.
Best books from Asia (1413)
Kuwait812.
The Pact We Made by Layla AlAmmar EN
Description:
Featured on BBC Radio 4's Open Book * Featured on BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking * An ELLE Magazine cultural pick * Reviewed in the Observer 'Beautifully written' Joanna Cannon 'Fascinating ... full of personality' Guardian'Brilliant ... What a debut' Pandora Sykes 'How could I explain to her that nothing in my life felt real? That in a country like Kuwait, where everyone knew everything about each other, the most monumental thing to ever happen to me was buried and covered over? For the sake of my reputation, my future, my sister's and cousins; the family honor sat on my little shoulders, so no-... continue
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The book censor’s library by Bothayna Al-Essa EN
Description:
"The new book censor hasn't slept soundly in weeks. By day he combs through manuscripts at a government office, looking for anything that would make a book unfit to publish--allusions to queerness, unapproved religions, any mention of life before the Revolution. By night the characters of literary classics crowd his dreams, and pilfered novels pile up in the house he shares with his wife and daughter. As the siren song of forbidden reading continues to beckon, he descends into a netherworld of resistance fighters, undercover booksellers, and outlaw librarians trying to save their history and c... continue
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An Unlasting Home : A Novel by Mai Al-Nakib EN
Description:
The debut novel from an award-winning short story writer: a multigenerational saga spanning Lebanon, Iraq, India, the United States, and Kuwait that brings to life the triumphs and failures of three generations of Arab women. In 2013, Sara is a philosophy professor at Kuwait University, having returned to Kuwait from Berkeley in the wake of her mother's sudden death eleven years earlier. Her main companions are her grandmother's talking parrot, Bebe Mitu; the family cook, Aasif; and Maria, her childhood ayah and the one person who has always been there for her. Sara's relationship with Kuwait ... continue
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Jamilia by Chinghiz Aitmatov EN
Country: Asia / 
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
A modern classic of Soviet literature--a love story that ranks alongside Turgenev's First Love.
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Djamila by Tschingis Aitmatow DE
Country: Asia / Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
Louis Aragon schrieb über das Buch: Ich schwöre es, es ist die schönste Liebesgeschichte der Welt.
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El calvario de Abdías by Chinguiz Aitmátov ES
Country: Asia / Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
El protagonista de esta novela, Abdías, un antiguo seminarista excomulgado tras comprobar que los sacerdotes están tan lejos de Dios como los comunistas, decide dedicarse al periodismo y escribir un reportaje sobre los recolectores clandestinos de una variedad de marihuana, el anasha. Después de introducirse en la red de tráfico de drogas, emprende un viaje a la estepa en el transcurso del cual despertará los recelos de los jefes de la organización y se verá envuelto en múltiples peripecias.
La narración de los acontecimientos alt... continue
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Yamilia by Chinguiz Aitmátov EN
Country: Asia / Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
Es 1942 y Yamilia vive con su familia política en una pequeña aldea kirguiza rodeada de montañas. A casi todas partes la acompaña el joven Seit, todavía un niño, fascinado por el magnético carácter y el descaro de la joven y siempre dispuesto a defenderla de cualquier agravio. Como el resto de hombres, el esposo de Yamilia lucha en el frente en defensa de la madre patria, y las mujeres, los niños y los heridos deben asumir las duras labores del campo: una tarea que se repite cada día, desde el amanecer hasta el ocaso. Pronto... continue