"Author
Amy Tan created her own subgenre of popular literature back in the late
1980s (sweeping, semi-autobiographical stories of family, loyalty and love set
in various Asian times and cultures), beginning with
The Joy Luck Club
and
The Kitchen God’s Wife. More recently,
Lisa See has carried the torch
with
Snowflower and the Secret Fan and
Peony in Love,"
BookPage declared back in 2009. Others authors such as
Gail Tsukiyama,
Samuel Park, &
Eugenia Kim have also followed in this tradition. Reading a novel by an Asian-American author is often an enjoyable way to immerse yourself in Asian cultures, but to get the full flavor of Asian culture, we recommend excursions into fiction by Asian authors, albeit in translation. Inspired by this year's Nobel Prize for Literature winner,
Mo Yan, here are some of the latest titles in the catalog from Asian authors!
China
The Bathing Women by Tie Ning
Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke
Japan
The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto
Malaysia
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
South Korea
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin
India
Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil
Last Man in Tower by Aravind Adiga
The Artist of Disappearance: Three Novellas by Anita Desai
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