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Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction

Kuvaus: For readers of books set in Asia, or Asian Related, Asian writers, Asian American writers, Asian Culture. Contemporary and Historical Fiction, Travel, Travel Musings, Arts & Culture, and History. This group is open for all discussion relating to Asia: Korea, China, Japan, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Nepal... you name it. I'm setting the boundaries of Asia as listed on Wikipedia.

Talk about your favorite authors, settings, and time lines. Start a Group Read, Book Ray, or Book Ring. Recommend a great book, or ask for one. Or recommend a good website.

A Sampling Of Our Touchstone Authors:
Kobo Abe, Thalassa Ali, Barry Hugheart, Pearl S. Buck, Da Chen, Eleanor Coerr, Angela Davis-Gardner, Kiran Desai, E.M. Forster, Mahatma Gandhi, Kaye Gibbons , Sadeq Hedayat, Barry Hughart, Gish Jen, Ha Jin, Sayed Kashua, Yasunari Kawabata, M. M. Kaye, C. J. Koch, Joy Kogawa, Satish Kumar, Jhumpa Lahiri, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Lilian Lee, Peter May, Seth McEvoy, Yukio Mishima, Haruki Murakami, V.S. Naipaul, R. K. Narayan, Hsien Y. Pai, Sheridan Prasso, Balachandra Rajan, José Rizal, Laura Joh Rowland, Bertrand Russell, Lisa See, S’oshitsu Sen, Vikram Seth, Charles Sheffield, Philip Snow, Sen'O Tanaka, Amy Tan, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Gail Tsukiyama, Christopher West, Su Xi, Xu Xi, Cao Xueqin, Banana Yoshimoto

Related LibraryThing Groups:
Japanese Culture, Zen, Thailand, Tea!, Ancient China, Yoga, Taoism, Vajrayana, Travel and Exploration Literature, Manga!, Yaoi, Expats in Korea who thing!, Looking for cheap books in Bombay, Tai Chi, Daegu, South Korea, Japanese Literature, Korean Geeks, Martial Arts, Tottori Exchange, JET Book Exchange, Prabhupada's Books, Japanese Craft Books, PinoyThing!, LT@Taipei, Chungju, Origami, Indian Authors, Chadou, the Way of Tea, Central Asia, 4swap@Tamsui, Israeli LibraryThingers, Roleplayers in Korea, douban, Librarie India, Hong Kong Bookies, DimSum Thing, indian bibliophiles, Silat, Zhongwen Ban 中文版, Forumosa 中文版

Interesting Links:
The Mishima Yukio Cyber Museum, Asian Authors, Billy Chaka--Official site of Isaac Adamson, Amy Tan, Gail Tsukiyama, The official American website of Haruki Murakami, The official English Language website of Banana Yoshimoto

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Ryhmän keskustelu

Aiheet		viestiä	Viimeinen viesti
Modern Chinese Fiction		6	brianjungwi, Tänään 11:57am
Kiriyama Prize		3	catarina1, Eilen 9:28pm
Haruki Murakami: best and worst		78	Rise, tiistai 9:43pm
World War II from the Japanese side		18	keigu, joulukuu 11
Japanese Mythology		3	PhoenixTerran, joulukuu 11
What do you think of Yukio Mishima?		28	keigu, joulukuu 11
Japanese Self-Instruction		14	keigu, joulukuu 11
Sources of Japanese Tradition		6	keigu, joulukuu 11
The Sound of Language - Amulya Malladi		5	keigu, joulukuu 11
Thoughts on Translations		14	keigu, joulukuu 10
Book of Five Rings		5	PhoenixTerran, joulukuu 8
What Are You Reading Or Have Just Finished.		225	vpfluke, joulukuu 5
My voyage around Asia		17	katrinasreads, marraskuu 14
New language learning group (Hindi)		1	Yiggy, marraskuu 7
Giveaway: Novel of Ancient Japan		1	aarti, lokakuu 13
Books on Joseon dynasty Korea (1392–1910)?		4	sqdancer, syyskuu 15
Giving Away Three Chinese/Chinese-American Fiction Books		1	valkylee, elokuu 1
Book Reviews		35	lilisin, heinäkuu 25
What is your favorite Asian film?		118	chidori, heinäkuu 12
Historians on Asian culture.		29	brianjungwi, kesäkuu 4
Haruki Murakami's latest		4	dcozy, toukokuu 31
White Tiger, etc.		12	GeoffWyss, toukokuu 14
Plagiarism (Chinese New Year)		7	dcozy, toukokuu 13
Opinions on 'Three Cups of Tea'?		2	hemlockclock, toukokuu 12
Edo/Tokugawa Period Recommendations		4	hemlockclock, toukokuu 12
First novel giveaway		1	GeoffWyss, huhtikuu 15
poignent set of short stories		2	brianjungwi, huhtikuu 11
Something new please...		3	annacruise, huhtikuu 10
Arundhati Roy's THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS		22	SatyajitMishra, joulukuu 2008
Japan in January on the Reading Globally group		1	chrisharpe, joulukuu 2008
For anyone who read Murakami's Norwegian Wood		4	mwentlandt, joulukuu 2008
Opinions on Naomi Hirahara		1	gscottmoore, joulukuu 2008
Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction Message Board		177	elbgwn, joulukuu 2008
a thousand pardons...		3	tshanley, marraskuu 2008
I'm new here...		13	slickdpdx, lokakuu 2008
Kyoko's House		2	JoseBuendia, lokakuu 2008
Bollywood Film Fans? I need your help, please		11	lisa211, syyskuu 2008
Maybe you can help...		11	slickdpdx, syyskuu 2008
contemporary chinese fiction		24	rebeccanyc, elokuu 2008
New Natsuo Kirino!		4	JoseBuendia, elokuu 2008
anybody want to swap books on Asia?		1	alhickey, elokuu 2008
Asian Echoes Blog		3	xiaolung, elokuu 2008
History of India and China in the 20th Century?		13	Nycticebus, heinäkuu 2008
Recent History of Asians in Publishing		7	T42, heinäkuu 2008
FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES by Min Jin Lee -- has anyone read this? Thoughts, please.		4	sungene, heinäkuu 2008
Asian Graphic Novel		2	belleyang, heinäkuu 2008
Central Asia anyone? Muslims and Russians?		4	LyzzyBee, heinäkuu 2008
Has anyone read 'Chasing the Sea'?		1	flemingt, kesäkuu 2008
Opinions on Saiichi Maruya		5	dcozy, kesäkuu 2008
Filipino Literature?		6	Periodista, toukokuu 2008
Yellow Fever ...		1	steffanpiper, toukokuu 2008
Uinuva: Amy Tan		6	MarianV, huhtikuu 2008
Uinuva: Asian Horror or Suspense		30	elipsett, huhtikuu 2008
Uinuva: books in Chinese		4	edwinbcn, tammikuu 2008
Uinuva: Floating Clouds - Fumiko Hayashi		6	gscottmoore, tammikuu 2008
Uinuva: 'Serious' Modern or Postmodern Japanese fiction?		9	legxleg, tammikuu 2008
Uinuva: Fiction & NonFiction Books: South-East Asian Region		2	DannyS, marraskuu 2007
Uinuva: Minamoto Yoshitsune		5	enheduanna, marraskuu 2007
Uinuva: Japanese Film - Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema		1	gscottmoore, lokakuu 2007
Uinuva: Graphic Fiction		3	gscottmoore, syyskuu 2007
Uinuva: What the heck is Rei Tiein?		3	poetontheone, syyskuu 2007
Uinuva: Armenian books		1	kar1zak, elokuu 2007
Uinuva: Japanese Historical Fiction		20	Macbeth, heinäkuu 2007
Uinuva: Hari Kunzru's The Impressionist		2	bookgrl, kesäkuu 2007
Uinuva: May 4th literature, anyone?		5	WillSteed, kesäkuu 2007
Uinuva: Hitomi Kanehara		2	scottpack, toukokuu 2007
Uinuva: Reading Asian Canada		11	betterthanchocolate, huhtikuu 2007
Uinuva: Kino No Tabi		2	doceirias, huhtikuu 2007
Uinuva: Reading Group--Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto		82	RobinsonP, huhtikuu 2007
Uinuva: Mishima in Translation		1	JoseBuendia, maaliskuu 2007
Uinuva: Benazir Bhutto's revised memoirs		1	fictiondreamer, maaliskuu 2007
Uinuva: Reading Group--My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk		40	aluvalibri, tammikuu 2007
Uinuva: Amy Yamada		1	Antipodean, tammikuu 2007
Uinuva: Group Reads, BookRings & BookRays		73	Opinicus, joulukuu 2006
Uinuva: studying LT members' use of tags		8	Airycat, marraskuu 2006
Uinuva: Member INFO		4	Opinicus, marraskuu 2006
Uinuva: Orhan Pamuk wins the Nobel Prize in Literature!		2	aluvalibri, lokakuu 2006