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Asia Reading List


Japan:

Cla     Clavell, James                  Shogun
Cla     Clavell, James                  King Rat (WWII)
Daz     Dazai, Osamu                    Blue Bamboo:  Tales of Fantasy
                                        and Romance
Dic     Dickey, James                   To the White Sea (WWII)
End     Endo, Shusaku                   Deep River
End     Endo, Shusaku                   The Samurai
End     Endo, Shusaku                   Scandal
Gol     Golden, Arthur                  Memoirs of a Geisha
Kat     Kata, Elizabeth                 Kagami
Kog     Kogawa, Joy                     Obasan (Japanese Internment)
Mis     Mishima, Yukio                  Runaway Horses
Mis     Mishima, Yukio                  The Temple of Dawn
Mit     Mitchell, Jared                 The Invincible (WWII - Hong Kong)
Par     Park, Therese                   A Gift of the Emperor (atrocities
                                        committed on women by the
                                        Japanese military)
Row     Rowland, Laura Joh              Shinju
Row     Rowland, Laura Joh              Bundori
Sea     Searls, Hank                    Kataki: A Novel of Revenge
Shi     Shigekuni, Julie                A Bridge Between Us
Tan     Tanizaki, Junichiro             Quicksand
Tan     Tanizaki, Junichiro             The Reed Cutter : Two  Novellas
Tol     Toland, John                    Occupation: A Novel of
                                        Postwar Japan
Tsu     Tsukiyama, Gail                 The Samurai's Garden
Wyn     Wynd, Oswald                    The Ginger Tree
Yos     Yoshikawa, Eiji                 Taiko
Yos     Yoshikawa, Eiji                 Musashi
Yos     Yoshimoto, Banana               Lizard

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China:

Boo     Booth, Martin                   The Jade Pavilion (Hong Kong)
Buc     Buck, Pearl S.                  East Wind West Wind
Buc     Buck, Pearl S.                  Three Daughters of Madame Liang
Che     Cheong, Fiona                   The Scent of the Gods
Coo     Cooney, Eleanor                 Deception: A Novel of Murder and Madness in Tang China
Eas     Easterman, Daniel               The Ninth Buddha
Ele     Elegant, Robert                 From A Far Land (circa 1921-1952)
Ele     Elegant, Robert                 Mandarin
Ele     Elegant, Simon                  A Floating Life:  The Adventures
                                        of  LiPo (Tang Dynasty)
Har     Harris, John                    China Seas 
Hou     Houying, Dai                    Stones of the Wall (contemporary
                                        China)
Jic     Jicai, Feng                     The Three Inch Golden Lotus
Jie     Jie, Zhang                      Heavy Wings
Lar     Larsen, Jeanne                  Manchu Palaces
Lar     Larsen, Jeanne                  Bronze Mirror
Lee     Lee, Gus                        Honor and Duty
Lee     Lee, Gus                        China Boy
Lev     Levi, Jean                      The Dream of Confucious 
Sal     Salzman, Mark                   The Laughing Sutra
Sar     Sargent, Pamela                 Ruler of the Sky:  A Novel of
                                        Genghis Khan
Tan     Tan, Amy                        The Joy Luck Club
Tan     Tan, Amy                        The Kitchen Gods Wife
The     Theroux, Paul                   Kowloon Tong (Hong Kong)
Ton     Tong, Su                        Raise the Red Lantern:
                                        Three Novellas
Win     Wingrove, David                 Chung Kuo:  The Middle Kingdom 
                                        (futuristic)
Zha     Xianliang, Zhang                Getting Used to Dying 

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India:

Bad       Badami, Anita Rau               Tamarind Men
Des       Desai, Anita                    In Custody
Des       De Silva, Colin                 The Founts of Sinhala
Div       Divakaruni, Chitra              The Mistress of Spices
Fas       Fast, Jonathan                  Golden Fire
For       Forster, E.M.                   A Passage to India
Jha       Jhabvala, Ruth                  Heat and Dust
Mis       Mistry, Rohinton                A Fine Balance
Mis       Mistry, Rohinton                Such A Long Journey
Muk       Mukherjee, Bharet               The Holder of the World
Roy       Roy, Arundhati                  The God of Small Things
Rus       Rushdie, Salman                 Midnight's Children
Rus       Rushdie, Salman                 The Satanic Verses
Rus       Rushdie, Salman                 The Moor's Last Sigh

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Other:

Arg       Argo, Ronald                    Year of the Monkey (Vietnam)
Cam       Campbell, John                  Raid on Truman (Korea)
Dur       Duras, Marguerite               The Lover (Vietnam)
Koc       Koch, Christopher               Highways to a War (Cambodia/Thailand)
Lim       Lim, Catherine                  The Teardrop Story Woman
Mal       Malouf, David                   The Great World (P.O.W.'s in Malaya)

Updated August 2001

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